ADSM-L

Re: Usefullnes of ADSM requirements page??

1996-12-05 22:16:32
Subject: Re: Usefullnes of ADSM requirements page??
From: "A. Harry Williams" <HARRY AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 22:16:32 EST
On Thu, 5 Dec 1996 22:06:05 -0400 Francisco Reyes said:
>I have been thinking for a while of creating/maintaining a page were
>we could all put our requirements for ADSM.
>
>Every time I see people making suggestions I don't know if the ADSM
>team is reading.
>What is your opinion?
They do, but it isn't a formal requirement process.

>
>If IBM doesn't listen we could always send the data to their
>competitors. Who knows if there was another distributed backup system
>maybe IBM would better understand that usability is of paramount
>importance (I think that is one of ADSM's major problems).
There are competitors.

>
>I have read about an adsm-r mailing list,  but a WEB site may be
>nicer/easier to use.
ADSM-R has an experimental web reading interface.

http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?ADSM-R

(ADSM-L has one too, but its URL is left as an exercise for the reader)

/ahw