On Friday, 02/04/2005 at 10:17 AST, Robin Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i don't see why unix systems services on z/os can't be called unix. it has > all the standard services of any other unix that i know of (albeit from my > very limited experience). it has ftp, web server(s), telnet, dns, cron, and > all that rot, and looks to me like any other unix implementation. the only > major difference i know of is that it uses ebcdic instead of ascii. USS is not an operating system, but is a component of z/OS. In keeping with the spirit of the OP's question, while USS might pass the Unix "duck test", the system as a whole would be alien to somone familiar with any of the traditional Unix implementations. This isn't a slight against USS, it's a recognition of the vast difference between z/OS and Unix/Linux. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
