Re: HP's Partner Virtualization Program

Richard Maher wrote:
"Arne Vajhøj" <arne@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Richard Maher wrote:
Hi Jan-Erik, Alan,
"Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing" <winston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Virtualization was scheduled for 8.4, which was waiting for Tukwila. At
the
Tech Forum, users were pretty clear that they wanted some kind of
updated which
included virtualization without having to wait for Tukwila, and
management
appeared to have heard that request. (Then the VMS sig mailing list
had a
surprising-to-me discussion aobut what a pain and expense qualifying
intermediate versions was, so the message got somewhat muddled, but as
far as
I know there's an intention to get the non-Tukwila-support pieces
originally
slated for 8.4 out the door in some shorter timeframe.)
Excellent. So there'd be absolutely *no* reason why IPsec could not be added
to the kit in the intervening 4-6 months then, yes?

What a marvellous opportunity to take full advantage of this God-send of a
grace period!
I am sure they could.

I cannot conceive of a single technological or time-sensitive obstacle.
But they do not seem as interested in IPsec as you are.

I depends on who your "they" refers to. (And it certainly would be nice to
have them out from under the bed or the closet for a change. Come on - come
out and take a bow you treacherous bastards! You others all love your
bootcamps, love-ins, and tech-update days as a way to keep "up to date" with
what's going on, so who exactly are Arne's "they"?)

But, you see, I too have a "they". They were responsible for: -
1) Getting the IPsec development budget approved and management onboard
2) Allocating the many thousands of man hours an millions of dollars to
bring a workable product to fruition by august 2007: -
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/ipsec/
3) Scheduling the initial release for 8.3 and then falling/slipping back to
8.4 on the road map for *years*!
4) Applying for and receiving "IPV6 Ready" status for TCP/IP Services for
VMS: -
http://www.ipv6ready.org/phase-2_approved_list
A status that should now be relinquished by any organization of integrity.
5) Understanding that *every* other OS on the planet from Linux, Windows,
HP/UX, NSK, MVS, Android, iPhone is supporting at least one version of
IPsec!
6) Understanding that HP, SUN, Microsoft, IBM, Apple have all jumped on the
IPsec bandwagon years ago
7) Understanding that IPsec is an integral piece of the e-business
infrastructure puzzle and is about as optional as running an IP stack at
all.

All that is nice tech talk.

The important question is: how many new systems will you order when/if
IPsec is available?

If that number is high enough then "they" will listen.

Arne
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