All, I wanted to let you know that, effective Friday, June 9, I am retiring from IBM and will therefore no longer participate in the ACS workgroup. Consequently I am resigning from my position as co-chair on the ACS WG. I have enjoyed working with all of you, especially Keisuke Fukui, who has put a tremendous amount of energy into ACS. Take care, I wish you all well in continuing your efforts. Thomas W. Studwell Senior Technical Staff Member, Autonomic Computing Architecture IBM Software Group B140/Bldg 500 4205 S Miami Blvd, Durham, NC 27703 (919) 254-7574 Fax: (919) 254-7628 Mobile: (919) 619-1038 studwell@us.ibm.com "There is a word for complaining about a problem without proposing a solution - it's called whining." Ric Telford 2006