Eric > I still think that IBM should have chosen another acronym for Unix than USS.
Officially, IBM did *not* choose "USS" for "UNIX System Services". You are invited to enter "USS" in the "Search text" box in the "z/OS UNIX" bookshelf on the following page: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/zshelves10.html Yes "USS" does create some hits mainly in reference to the "Health Checker" "names" but nowhere do you find - how it hurts my fingers to type it! - "UNIX System Services" (USS). In other words the developers who caused the characters "USS" to appear in the manuals were not paying attention. Now, if you do the same in the case of the "Communications Server" bookshelf, you will be inundated with hits - and not just because there are more manuals, look further. A key "hit" is at the beginning of Chapter 12, "Establishing and controlling SNA sessions" in the SNA Network Implementation Guide, the second sentence: <quote> To tailor sessions, VTAM uses the unformatted system service (USS), interpret, logon mode, and Class of Service tables." </quote> Curiously the final "s" is missing here but you will find it used in other instances such as at the beginning of the section "Defining operator messages and commands": <quote> You can modify certain messages and operator commands. These commands and messages are defined in unformatted system services (USS) tables and are called USS messages and USS commands. </quote> I have the advantage of having seen John Eells response where he makes this all quite clear from the standpoint of an IBM developer. > I believe VTAM USS table is still valid, and still used, ... And still being enhanced, see the current thread "USSTAB". Chris Mason On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:14:45 -0500, Eric Bielefeld <eric- [email protected]> wrote: >I still think that IBM should have chosen another acronym for Unix than USS. >I believe VTAM USS table is still valid, and still used, so it is confusing >to me that IBM should use the same acronym for something that is still in >use. > >Eric Bielefeld >Sr. Systems Programmer >Milwaukee, Wisconsin >414-475-7434 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Alcock" <[email protected]> > > >> Today when I read USS, I think Unix. 20 years ago I thought VTAM. >> Languages evolve. Thou shalt evolve too. I'm not saying you have to like >> it. >> >> I've also been known to drive on a parkway and park on a driveway. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
