Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!kel From: kel@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Re: Re: VM/370 Security (and perform Message-ID: <13500031@ea.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Dec-84 10:54:00 EST Article-I.D.: ea.13500031 Posted: Thu Dec 27 10:54:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Dec-84 00:51:52 EST References: <986@opus.UUCP> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:opus:-98600:ea:13500031:000:362 Nf-From: ea!kel Dec 27 09:54:00 1984 As I recall, VM was indeed developed at the IBM research labs in the UK, but as an off-time project. IBM resisted release of VM as much as they could, but people started getting their hands on it anyway. IBM released it just so they could charge to support it. VM was a fairly significant embarassment to the company back in '78 or '79 for this reason. Ken