"DB2" (now "Db2"). Never had a slash AFAIK. Since we're discussing names...
I always wanted "DB2 for OS/2", aka OS/DB (OS divided by 2 x DB x 2 = OS divided by DB, right?) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Radoslaw Skorupka Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Announces z/OS 3.2 To complement: "2" OS/2 was new OS, not new version of PC-DOS. DB/2 was new database, not new version of IMS etc. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 23.07.2025 o 20:33, Phil Smith III pisze: > VMSES/E, too. And I'm pretty sure there were more. But yeah, prolly goes back > further. > > The /ESAs make sense--same as /XA. Or /SP, for that matter. Those were at > least meaningful suffixes! /E, not so much. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Radoslaw Skorupka > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 2:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IBM Announces z/OS 3.2 > > /E ? > I would bet it is older than 90's. > And the only things I remember now are SMP/E and TSO/E. > From the other hand I remember plenty of /ESA's. VM/ESA, MVS/ESA... > IEFBR14/ESA ;-) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
