> >So, if you would like to be able to purchase a TSM Linux Server (in the
> >future), contact your marketing reps and request a TSM linux server.
>
> Marketing is losing opportunities in taking a passive approach in waiting
> for customers to come to them.  There are some 1400 customers on ADSM-L,
> and I'll wager that Marketing hasn't ventured to make any communication
> with that ready list of contacts over a prospective Linux product.
> By definition, "marketing" means being proactive, going out to gauge
> demand and offer possibilities for making products and income.
> And I think we all sense that there is a lot of interest in solid,
> commercial products for a Linux environment, particularly in the Linux
> initiative to offer an alternative to the "broken windows" environment.
>
> So, come on, Tivoli... Don't just sit there: get a few Linux developers
> and start creating product.  The obvious place to begin is a TSM Linux
> Client, which will whet the appetite for a Server.  Is this all too
> obvious, or am I missing something?
>
>    Richard Sims, BU