OAKLEY@BATTELLE.ARPA (Mark Oakley) (03/17/88)
I want to thank all of those folks who took the time to cast their votes in the DECUS VAX SIG SIR ballot. For those of you who have not voted, it's not too late. I will continue to accept ballots until April 8th. You can find a ballot in the questionnaire section of the February and March issues of the DECUS U. S. Chapter SIGs Newsletters. The ballot items are described in the February issue of the Pageswapper. You may also cast your votes electronically on Larry Kilgallen's Pageswapper VAX if you have an account. (Accounts on this machine are free if you are a DECUS member.) You may review the text of each SIR item when you are logged in. You may also comment on the various SIRs in a VAX NOTES conference called SIR_LOBBY. I plan to include this feedback when I send the voting results to the VMS developers. I have received 187 paper ballots. Some preliminary results are shown below. Note that this does not include votes cast on the Pageswapper Vax. Total ballots in this category: 187 Spring 1988 Ballot SIR SIR Total Nr. Description Votes 7 LAT sessions identity information 79 19 "Control Print Screen" capability 75 37 Corrrect READALL behavior 72 62 Provide BACKUP dismount/deallocate 68 10 Various BACKUP enhancements 65 28 Improving VMS define utility 62 23 Enhance SHOW PROCESS command 60 3 Provide deallocation capability 59 21 Provide Mail enhancements 56 61 Enhance print form modules 54 64 Provide limits on simultaneous logins 52 42 Provide installed memory-resident code 51 11 No CR/LF for DCL WRITE command 49 20 Enhance sysgen parameter readability 45 9 Provide project accounting 42 63 Support bell character in BACKUP 42 15 DCL status return enhancements 42 8 Provide queued ALLOCATE requests 41 6 Provide a "virtual disk" capability 40 14 Extend DCL TABLES 38 29 Provide $GETDVI "wild card" capability 37 68 Support multiple version products 37 66 WSQUOTA/WSEXTENT for INSTALL 34 22 SET HOST/DTE for more modems 34 48 Prevent password reuse by users 31 49 Suppress certain login failures 31 67 Priority for INSTALL 30 18 Make DCL /LOG qualifier consistent 30 24 MOUNT/FOREIGN and uninitialized tapes 29 25 Enhanced DEFINE/KEY capabilities 27 54 Provide DECnet end-to-end encryption 27 1 Provide SCS communication services 27 2 Enhance batch load balancing 26 13 Enhanced command RECALL capabilities 26 52 Security alarm messages to a file 24 Mark Oakley VAX SIG SIR Coordinator Battelle Memorial Institute Room 11-6-008 505 King Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43201-2693 (614) 424-7154 ARPAnet: oakley@battelle.arpa