On Fri, 6 Dec 1996 15:01:47 PST, Paul L. Bradshaw wrote:

>Our next release has targeted 3 main areas to focus on (all with equal
>priority):
>1: Usability
>2: Performance
>3: Systems management

Thanks for the answer. However that is a very general response that
applies to almost any product. I am sure that Novell's Netware and
window NT's product managers could say the same about their products
(specially when you say with equal priority).

>ADSM sessions are held at many major computer conferences on a regular
>basis (Guide, Share, Storage Symposiums, special road-shows in an area
>near you, etc.) and the trends and directions are usually part of these
>sessions.  I encourage you to follow our Web page to see when one might
>be coming your way.  Hopefully we are going to be addressing many of your
>needs in our next release.

In this day and age of Internet the benefit of these conferences is
less obvious (the few times I have gone to conferences I thought it
was not all that usefull). Moreover, I had never heard of Guide,
Share, or any storage symposiums. Please remember than perhaps in
it's beginnings ADSM was used by a number of people who were very
familiar with the IBM channels and how to get in touch with IBM (big
iron users, RS/6000, AIX, etc...). ADSM is now been used by people
using OS/2 and NT. These users are probably not as familiar with IBM
structure as the previous set of users.

Why not have a "formal" method of sending requirements on your ADSM
web page? Even if you don't tell us what you are getting at least
anyone who has a requirement/suggestion could submit it by this
method and know that it has reached the appropiate department/people.