[email protected] (CM Poncelet) writes: > For what it's worth, the chap who told me that CICS' original name was > "Cincinnati Information Control System" also said that "DFH" stood for > "Denver Foot Hills"; but no one has ever confirmed this. I once asked > Pete Sadler whether he could explain where "DFH" came from (because of > IMS's similar "DFS" prefix): he said the prefixes had no particular > meaning as far as he knew. So I guess that puts the lid on it. Thanks > for all the other info, BTW. Cheers, Chris Poncelet
re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2010l.html#47 C-I-C-S vs KICKS the referenced speculation about "DFH" was that some corporate body assigned the 3-letter prefix. as an aside ... within a couple years of CICS getting "DFH" & IMS getting "DFS" ... in the morph of cp67 to vm370 ... (somebody) gave "DMK" to the cp kernel amd "DMS" to cms (cambridge monitor system renamed to conversational monitor system) ... also no apparent reason. -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
