Today I received this mail from Romney White.
I think IBM is listening what we customers want!
So please respond if you are interested in ADSM V3 for VM/ESA!

Kind regards
Thomas Rupp
thomas.rupp AT illwerke.co DOT at

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Romney White [SMTP:romney AT vnet.IBM DOT COM]
> Gesendet am:  Donnerstag, 5. März 1998 22:00
> An:   Martha McConaghy; Rupp Thomas (VIW); Betsy Moir; Dave
> Kalenderian; Gretchen Thiele; Bruce Braase; Mark Wheeler; Janice
> Fisher; Jeff Robbins
> Betreff:      ADSM V3 For VM
> 
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> At SHARE 90 last week, Susan Puglia, IBM Vice-President of S/390
> Software
> Development, met with members of the VM community. One of the issues
> that
> was raised in that meeting was delivery of ADSM V3 for VM/ESA. Susan
> said
> that she will be meeting with the Storage Systems Division (the owners
> of
> ADSM) at the end of March and would raise this issue on behalf of the
> VM
> community.
> 
> In order to present a good case to SSD, we need customer input. I am
> preparing a questionnaire about ADSM use on VM and am looking for some
> interested customers to respond. The information you provide will be
> used to construct a business case for continued support of ADSM on VM.
> It will not be made public outside of IBM.
> 
> If you are willing and able to participate in this effort, please
> reply
> to this e-mail. I expect to send out the questionnaire early next
> week.
> Also, if you know other customers who might have a compelling story to
> tell about ADSM on VM (i.e., its value to IBM in terms of past,
> present,
> and future mainframe hardware), please let me know and/or forward this
> note to them.
> 
> Romney White
> VM Development
> 607-755-8276
> Romney AT vnet.ibm DOT com