Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I generally let the incorrect use of USS go by - *if* there's no risk of >confusion with the correct use. <snippage>
This is fun, and enlightening. Ah, I looked up the "pedantry" thread in my Deleted Items; I didn't read it at the time because it was talking about things like VTAM that I can't spell (not being a z/OS person). I'm all for correct terminology and precise communication, but in this case it sounds like this is more of a TLA collision than an "incorrect" term per se. I do know that many IBMers use "USS" to mean z/OS UNIX System Services, and in varied contexts, but of course, many IBMers use "z/Linux", too, and we know that's officially verboten (for legal reasons, however, which may not apply here). And since I'm not likely to open APARs against either VTAM or z/OS UNIX System Services, I'm not likely to get the wrong queue, but I'll keep that in mind. In any case, and at the risk of retreading old ground, I'd like to know what the official short form of z/OS UNIX System Services is. Surely there is one? If you insist that you spell it out completely every time, in speech and writing, I'll believe you, but I'll snicker behind your back. I'd also suggest that in a discussion of "Linux for z/OS", there's no real chance of confusion between USSes. Unless, of course, you're doing it on a commercial American ship, while sitting at a table with a z/OS comms guy, a UNIX/z/OS apps guy, an ultrasound technician, a mathematician, a US Senator, a competitive swimmer, and a lawyer for the steel industry. Cheers, ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
