Christo,
        I believe most folks who read this list would agree
that the ADSM team are the most responsive group in the
business.  I certainly wouldn't assume that they don't care
or that they don't want to respond.  There are lots of them
and they have to co-ordinate what they say publicly.  Also,
I expect lots of them are at SHARE this week.

        I agree that you have raised a serious question and
expect that you will get a response in the fullness of time.
I also look forward to that response.  I only suggest a little
patience.

Regards,

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>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Either IBM does not want to respond to the symbolic links
> problem or they don't really care - either way, I know they
> read the messages as they selectively respond to some
> questions...
>
> Being this side of the world this list is the most
> effective way for me to correspond with IBM, and if this is
> the way they (IBM) reply - not reply - I think that ADSM
> should not be the direction we will take ....
> Dirk, Armando,Trevor .... Are we left in the dark.....
> ?????
>
> Regards
> Christo Heuer
> Johannesburg
> South Africa
> Christoh AT absa.co DOT za
>
> ----------
>
>
> > On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Christo Heuer wrote:
> >
> > > Please see these questions in a positive light. I may
> sound
> > > harsh but I have to make a strategic descision for
> > > enterprise backup for one of the largest banks in South
> > > Africa and I don't need problems like the above in my
> > > life....
> >
> > Same for us. We wanted to install ADSM as a campus wide
> backup
> > management system. But some users say that it's useless,
> if they
> > are not able to restore special files or symbolic links.
> > I've just installed a test version of Legato's NetWorker.
> It's
> > much more expensive than ADSM but it is able to backup
> special
> > files and it recovers symbolic links.
> > So I really want to know if IBM is planning to implement
> > these features or if we have to spend more money to
> satisfy
> > our user's needs.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dirk Kastens
> _______________Dirk.Kastens AT rz.Uni-Osnabrueck DOT DE
>