*From:* Shai Hess <[email protected]> *To:* Urtzi Larrieta Alvarez <[email protected]> *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:19 AM *Subject:* Re: MFNetDisk future
HI, Many users ask me for more details about the future of my product, so I will add some information. MFNetDisk product will continue to be alive! I plan to continue to play with MFNetDisk because I spent many years with it and I love it, I enjoy to play with it, and I want to keep it as my product. About my site it will stay active. The problem is that keeping the product is OK with me, but paying my cost alone for all MF users is unacceptable and injustices. I assume that I will enable the downloading of my product when I will return from my 2 weeks vacation. Many people try to download my code but it is currently disable for download so I sorry about it. I may decide to make change in the way I distribute my code to enable contribution to my product for people who like to use it and contribute to it. So, I will be in vacation starting 2 Apr until 16 Apr. If I will have Internet I will be able to respond to your email. Thanks, God bless you. Shai Hess, MFNetDisk product. ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Urtzi Larrieta Alvarez <[email protected]> *To:* Shai Hess <[email protected]> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:40 PM *Subject:* Re: MFNetDisk future Hi, Shai: It makes me sad reading this, maxime when your product works very well, is very stable, the friend of mine who test and migrated his VTS is very satisfied, and I am doing some "marketing" about your product in all people I know with mainframe systems to try it, and some of them will be interested in install it in the future. But, its your product and your decision, so I'll support you and understand you. The only question here and I would like to ask you, is that if you finally stop MFNetDisk developing and support, will you be able to pass your product to someone that might continue developing it, or if you plan to drop all the work down. For instance, I could help you to support this product, (as you know, I have my own mainframe computer to do all tests) and If I have your permission, I also would try to develop the interface to be better user friendly, or study more developing skills to add other functionalities to your product. So, a possible idea is if you can't afford developing and supporting your product alone, you could search for some help (I am quite optimist but for sure someone who test your product would like to help you to not drop this great product) and if you like, I could probably help you in this task. Sincerely, it makes me sad if you finally drop off all work, but, it's your decision, and if you situation requieres to be dropped off, I'll understand. Best regards, Urtzi Larrieta 2012/3/28 Shai Hess <[email protected]> > ** > HI, > > In the coming days I will stop to work for IBM as a part time employee. > IBM makes the move to let me go and I respect it. > As you know I think that everything is from God and I sure that God make > the good decision for me and I am sure that this change is the best for me > and in time ( I am 58). > Better not to wait to old age when my body will be more older and weaker > and maybe not healthier as before to understand that it is now the time > to stop to work and have fun as long as I can do it. > MFNetDisk was big enjoyment, but working for IBM was duty and not big fun > for me and for my personality. > > About the future of MFNetDisk. > I will not be able to support alone this product financially anymore, so > I will disable the downloading of this product because I think that I may > stop to support this product. I will take my time and will decide what is > the best for me to do with this product. > MFNetDisk has success with many small but poor companies (MFNetDisk is > free tape and disk storage and DR solution) but it seem to me that big > companies never try the product that mean that all my customers are poor > and can not pay for this product. > The true is that I never ask them to pay. > So, I know that for some customers I kept their heads financially above > the water or I kept their business alive to keep working with MF at all but > I need to think about my family and myself as well. So that is what I will > do in the coming days. > > > > . > > > > > Thanks, > God bless you. > Shai Hess, MFNetDisk product. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
