Javier Borrajo wrote:
> CICS=Client Information Control System
> CICS was developed by IBM in 1968 to allow a client to "control"
> information. I think it was California Water Authority or something.
> In those days all information processing was done using batch jobs.
> CICS was revolutionary in that it allowed on-line transaction processing
> of the data. (Ian please correct me if I've got the facts mixed up ;-)
>
> Get a copy of "Principles of Transaction Processing" if you are interested
> in CICS.
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Javier is more-or-less right. It stands for Customer Information Control System
and was developed during 1968 but released to customers in 1969 - we celebrated
its 30th birthday a few weeks ago!
Interestingly, it and most other IBM software at the time was also Open Source.
IBM stopped this practice because customers kept making changes to it,
destroying reliability and making servicing difficult.
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Ian McCallion
CICS Business Unit
IBM Hursley
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