Just about everyone is tired of the USS crap. IMO, there are three root causes for all of this waste of time:
1) IBM has now had three names: Open Edition MVS, Unix System Services, and now z/OS Unix (System Services). The first two had usable (and widely used) acronyms, where as "z/OS Unix " really doesn't. 2) Some folks are of the strong opinion that acronyms *MUST* be unique, whereas I don't care so long as they are clear in context. Sure, "USS" is not an IBM sanctioned acronym - so what? 3) IBM-MAIN thrives on pedantic posts (like this one :-) Given this situation, I suggest that the polite etiquette in this matter is to: a) don't use "USS" since it is not an official IBM acronym for z/OS Unix b) don't correct someone who does. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
