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On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Martin Packer <[email protected]> wrote: > And if you think that's bad try making your favourite slide or email > editor keep the "z" lower case. Permanent nightmare. :-) > > Cheers, Martin > > Martin Packer, > zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, > Worldwide Cloud & Systems Performance, IBM > > +44-7802-245-584 > > email: [email protected] > > Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker > Blog: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker > > > > From: "Joel C. Ewing" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 19/02/2016 02:33 > Subject: Re: Introducing the New z13s: Tim's Hardware Highlights > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > > The recognized punctuation rules are no longer black and white where z13 > and z13s are involved. The rule of always using an apostrophe for > plurals of "non-words" is no longer universal: > > One rule is apostrophe "s" is used for plural for "words" that are not > normally a noun; but z13 in our context is normally a noun, so by that > standard the plural could be just z13s. > > When multi-digit numbers are made into a plural, it is now acceptable to > use just "s" for plural, as in both 1990's and 1990s being in common use > for multiple years in that decade -- again by that standard, z13s could > be a plural of z13. > > And of course, if you want a possessive form, like "the z13's frame", > then the apostrophe is required, which is very confusing if you also > demand the apostrophe for a plural. > > All in all, "z13s" as a distinct machine type introduces ambiguity that > could easily have been avoided. It was not an astute choice. > Joel C. Ewing > > On 02/18/2016 07:57 PM, Ken Smith wrote: >> Maybe right: >> >> z13 is a single z13 >> z13's is more than one z13 >> z13s is a single z13s >> z13s' is more than one z13s >> z13* or z13x is one or more z13*'s or z13x's >> >> where x or * is any char including null >> >> Ken >> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Ed Gould <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >>> On Feb 18, 2016, at 3:30 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: >>> > -------------SNIP--------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>> 4. IBM has greatly relaxed the data center environmental requirements > for >>>> this model, expanding the temperature and humidity envelopes. It's > much >>>> more realistic now to install the z13s in nontraditional data centers, > or >>>> even places that aren't really data centers. Platforms that move, for >>>> example, or out in remote facilities. (In technobabble it's an ASHRAE >>>> class >>>> A3 system now instead of class A2.) >>>> >>> >>> ----------------SNIP--------------------------- >>> Timothy, >>> >>> Thanks for the update >>> -------------WAR STORY TIME-------------------------------------------- >>> I worked at one place that used a ware house type environment to do DR. >>> That is they bought a new machine in their DC and disassembled the old >>> machine and put it in the ware house. >>> Some how they expected the old machine could do DR. Periodically they >>> would send a sysprog off to the DR site to power up and run a few job. >>> The sysprog was fairly good he could use a screwdriver like no other >>> sysprog and could basically get the machine up and limping to do those > few >>> jobs. >>> That is until they bought a new machine that couldn't IPL the latest > and >>> greatest MVS. Also DB2 wouldn't even work. >>> They ordered the new machine with their heads in the clouds as they > were >>> so cheap they didn't even want to pay for the latest COBOL. >>> They screamed and moaned about having to put out a few dollars a month > for >>> COBOL and LE. >>> When reminded that the old COBOL was Y2K compliant that pretty well > shut >>> them up. >>> I was never so happy to leave place everything that cost $$ was met > with a >>> NO. >>> They were also unhappy that their homegrown security system would not > work >>> anymore and they had to go to RACF. >>> IDIOTS they got what they deserved. >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> ... > > > -- > Joel C. 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