Greg > I presume that person or persons was from IBM.
And by rights should have very sore knuckles! Actually I wonder, the task may have been contracted out but, nevertheless, the contractors will have had documents from an IBM developer. I can understand that this was mistakenly composed as it would have been to an IBM colleague who - officially - when using the material would have known that "USS" was haraam for "UNIX System Services". Chris Mason On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:46:56 -0500, Greg Shirey <[email protected]> wrote: >Someone chose USS to prefix all the published Health Checks for z/OS >Unix Systems Services. I presume that person or persons was from IBM. > > >I agree with your herding cats comment, but if something as high profile >as the Health Checker uses this incorrect abbreviation, I assume IBM >isn't really trying real hard - at least with this one. > >Greg Shirey >Ben E. Keith Co. > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John Eells >Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:54 AM > >We did not chose "USS" as an acronym for z/OS UNIX System Services. >It's not on the list of names people are supposed to use, and nobody in >IBM should use this abbreviation to mean z/OS UNIX System Services. >(Anyone from IBM who thinks differently should contact me so I can tell >them why they're wrong.) > >In reality, herding cats is easier than making absolutely sure that >everyone uses the correct full and short names all the time in all >contexts, formal and informal, but we keep trying. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
