Rick
It's a heresy since it concerns belief, what is orthodox and what is not
orthodox and the thread was so titled because the word "believe" was used.
Interestingly enough, in an IBM document, "Program Directory for IBM Ported
Tools for z/OS", GI10-0769-01, dated May 25, 2007,[1] referenced in a recent
post with subject "PL/I will rule the world . . . not", has the following
text:
<quote>
Defined to use z/OS UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX) or OS/390 UNIX System
Services (OS/390
UNIX)
</quote>
This would appear to define the "official" way that IBM documents refer to
UNIX System Services when IBM folk put their minds to finding the correct
abbreviation.
Nary a trace of USS you'll notice.
Congratulations to Mark Zelden since this was his - I thought rather
tentative - answer to the question Phil Smith asked about what was the
correct abbreviation. Because of a recent reference given by Mark, I now
know why he got it right since he - as I used to - creates documentation of
a more formal nature than IBM-MAIN posts.[2]
I notice that, even after a substantial delay in order to consider their
position, none of the initial protagonists has managed to find an
explanation to the paucity of USS on the UNIX System Services bookshelf.
Thus I conclude they have accepted the logic of orthodox position!
Why use one word where several will do?
<quote>
The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride
it, but in the end; there it is.
Winston Churchill
</quote>
Using John Gilmore's "pen" when used as a prefix, are we "almost" there?
Incidentally, perhaps John has found an eighth type of ambiguity.
Chris Mason
[1]
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/pdf/docs/hpeza101.pdf
[2] http://www.tsotimes.com/articles/archive/spring04/TSO-Times-Spring04.pdf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Fochtman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: the USS heresy
...
Moral of the story: Acronyms are VERY MUCH context-sensitive. If we can
at least agree on that single point, then the so-called heresy pretty much
ceases to exist, and it's only the obvious misuses that matter. And we can
all pick them out, pretty much without a second thought.
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