Maybe I am odd, but it doesn't matter to me , working big OS since OS/VS2/HASP
Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:28 AM, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" <[email protected]> wrote: > In <[email protected]>, on 09/23/2012 > at 09:37 AM, Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> said: > >> Define what "term" means in this context. > > 'The term "MVS" in this context means the letter M, the letter V and > the letter S, in that order. > >> I believe that it was a separate FMID, > > More than one. > >> but both MVS and TSO were free. > > OS/VS2 Release 3.8 was the last free MVS[1], and TSO was a part of it. > There were various products that enhanced the free base, including > MVS/SE and TSO Command Package. These were later bundled into larger > products, e.g., MVS/SP subsumed MVS/SE, DFP subsumed DF/DS and TSO/E > subsumed the TSO Command Package. Eventually IBM got rid of the free > base. > > [1] There were later free selectable units and service upgrades, > but no new free release. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
