Folks,

I am very sorry and very concerned about the problems you have with PTF5.

We as testers have the problem to do both: assure the quality of ADSM and to
meet the schedules defined by the management.  I have shown your mail to my
manager, therefore now the management is aware of your problems with the
qualitiy of PTF5.

Hopefully we do a better job in the future,
Ulf.

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ADSM Test -- IBM Storage Systems Division (EMEA)
ADSM Test -- IBM Storage Systems Division (EMEA)
55131 Mainz, Germany, Building 72, Department 0005
Phone +49-(0)6131-84-3421, Fax -6592



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Subject: Simple Question for Client Developers...


     Why was a new PTF released to the public with so many "known" problems
     and bugs. I thought that these releases are supposed to be tested
     before release. Nobody even took a look at the dsmsched.log to see
     that it was putting in blank lines during testing?
     The extra lines are a problem in the Unix versions also.

     Are we the beta testers? I'd actually expect this kinda thing from
     Microsoft before IBM.

     Brian Rowan
     Dec Consultant for Compaq Services