On 11 Jul 2007 09:03:04 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Dean > >Sometimes I can't see the words for the letters! > >> ...trying to hold back a force of nature. ;-) > >I don't believe most people who use USS for UNIX System Services believe >they are using "official" IBM terminology - but I could be wrong. In any >case, I can't believe it's generally a firmly held belief and so should be >open to proselytising. Thus, apart from a few outspoken individuals, I don't >think we're dealing with a major force here. Recall, it's not the actual >*use* that concerns me - a lot ...
As someone who has minimal interest in the issue and who has spent far too much time reading postings on this, I will note that it wouldn't be the first time one group in IBM has reused an active three letter acronym from another group for either a similar purpose or an entirely different one. > >Chris Mason >> rest snipped Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

