I worked at a place where the VP didn't like using anything related to names, due to name changes and the such. Rather he used Nxxxxxxx, where "N" was for Number and "xxxxxxx" was a numeric value starting with 1 and being incremented for the next userid. Since he was first in the shop, and he knew RACF, he set himself up as N0000001, I was the next person hired, and I got N0000002.
Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Thursday, July 13th, 2023 at 5:22 PM, Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > I've seen various schemes used for creating up-to-eight-character userids, > all truncated as needed, of course. These are IDs I've had, won't tell ya > where each was (and omitting just firstname, just lastname, or intials): > > 1. First initial, last name, plus a number as needed: PSMITH, PSMITH1 > 2. Last name || first name, with number if necessary, but always including > first initial: SMITHIIP, or SMITHIP2 if needed > 3. First three of last name, first two of first name, plus a number: SMIPH03 > (I've always wondered how they'd deal with Kyle Fuchs or Tyrone Shipman) > 4. First initial, last name, truncated to max of six with a two-digit number: > I was PSMITH87; friend was TSMITH99-we never found out what the next T. Smith > would get: would they reuse a hole, if any, or go to TSMIT100? > > > Anyone got any other variations? This is purely a curiosity item, no agenda. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
