I remember having maintain a PICK system waaaayyyy back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_operating_system
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 09:20, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Arthur, > > Thank you, always open to history lessons ๐ > Didn't mean to attempt to give an actual explanation as such.. was just > thinking of it in a comical sense, that's all. > > โ Vignesh > Mainframe Infrastructure > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Arthur Fichtl > Sent: 27 January 2019 13:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz > > BS = bull $hit > > Meaning,.. one is talking meaningless, foolish, s#it. So either BS or > horse s#it. > > Seeing a name like BS2000 or BS3000 made me think of a hypothetical > marketing department where their product is so useless, but they proudly > sell it, by naming it BS2000. > > They call the new and improved version BS3000. > > It's like how the wall street laughs at the rest of the world when they > name things CDOs, etc. > > Sure, CDO has a normal meaning but I'm sure some guy in a suit somewhere > knows its *real* expanded name (inside joke). > > โ Vignesh > > Mainframe Infrastructure > > Vignesh, thatโs not correct. > > As I worked (in an earlier life) both with BS2000 and BS3000 I could > enlight you: > > Beginning 1966 Siemens/Germany started with manufacturing Computers whose > design was developed by RCA (USA). It was named BS1000 and was similar to > the IBM/360 (but not identical). > > When IBM started selling the /370 machines which where equipped with a > virtual memory hardware architecture and ran the successor Operating System > named OS/VS, Siemens began to produce its own Hardware and developed an OS > called BS2000, as well equipped with virtual memory. > > Regarding the /370 you might want to have a look to this article: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/370 > > BS3000 was marketed by Siemens (its original name was FACOM and the > manufacturer was Fujitsu). It had no relations to BS2000. > > It was sort of Clone of MVS and IBM sued Fujitsu for copyright > infringement; there were rumors that IBM demanded (and received) 1 billion > US$ from Fujitsu which implied also that the Japanese company was allowed > to sell their machines in the domestic market. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > MARKSANDSPENCER.COM > ________________________________ > Unless otherwise stated above: > Marks and Spencer plc > Registered Office: > Waterside House > 35 North Wharf Road > London > W2 1NW > > Registered No. 214436 in England and Wales. > > Telephone (020) 7935 4422 > Facsimile (020) 7487 2670 > > www.marksandspencer.com > > Please note that electronic mail may be monitored. > > This e-mail is confidential. If you received it by mistake, please let us > know and then delete it from your system; you should not copy, disclose, or > distribute its contents to anyone nor act in reliance on this e-mail, as > this is prohibited and may be unlawful. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
