On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:58:03 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >There is a discussion inn the news group a,lt.folklore.computers as to >whether the term "MVS" includes TSO. Can anybody point to an explicit >statement from IBM? Thanks. > Who cares? And this is another case where prevailing usage may differ from official sources, and even those may disagree with each other.
Some people will insist that Manhattan is included by the "continental United States"; the map says otherwise. I had an extended friendly argument with a girlfriend (from eastern Long Island) who insisted that "Long Island" does not include Brooklyn. The map says otherwise. The "O" in "TSO" stands for "Option". I believe that long ago TSO was optional, but that is no longer the case. If it appears as a separate line item on invoices from IBM, that may be as meaningless as the itemized overhead charges on a garage bill or utility bill. Does the term "MVS" include z/OS? Can we return to the chartered discussion of the proper usage of "USS" now? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
