Walt Farrell wrote:
On 10/28/2005 10:16 AM, Edward E. Jaffe wrote:
RACF stands for Resource Access Control Facility. But, the
"resources" it protects have nothing whatsoever to do with CPU time
or virtual storage.
I suppose, if we could convince Mr. Peabody to use the Wayback
Machine to take us to the meeting where RACF's moniker was invented,
we could insist on a more-appropriate one, like PCF = Permissions
Control Facility. :-\
The internal tool which became RACF did have controls for CPU and DASD
storage utilization (though I don't think it had controls for virtual
storage).
If you were going to go back and change something, I'd prefer you
convince them to make those controls part of the product, too, rather
than changing the product name.
If such controls were present in the product, the RACF name might have
been more appropriate. In any case, you guys have already changed its
name more than enough times. :-D
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