Pat > In fact, USS is obviously an acronym (or abbreviation) for Unix System Services, just not an official one.
The trouble is that "USS" is not always obviously a set of initials denoting Unformatted System Services even when it should be so recognised. > I don't have much time left ... It might be raining some days you would otherwise have gone fishing. You can hurl eggs from the sidelines even if you can't kick shins in the game itself! Actually, while I'm actually gainfully employed these days - more rarely in the "current economic climate", I have less time for setting the IBM world to rights! I should be getting on with - unpaid - preparation for the next proposed bout of activity right now in fact ... Chris Mason On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:59:53 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe <[email protected]> wrote: >On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:39:15 EDT, Ed Finnell <[email protected]> >wrote: > >>... >>>We did not chose "USS" as an acronym for z/OS UNIX System >>>Services. >>>... >>>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. >>... > >>Just doing a quick USS search of Austin SHARE shows Vanguard >>considers it a current acronyn as does IBM's Marianne Hamner >>in her differences updates. >>... > >It's also in some RedBooks. > >That doesn't change a thing John said. It's just naming some of >the cats. In fact, USS is obviously an acronym (or abreviation[1]) for >Unix System Services, just not an official one. > >Pat O'Keefe > >[1] I don't have much time left for pedantry. Complaining about >the (supposed) misue of both USS and acronym in one posting >saves time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
