It is indeed called UNIX (note the spelling). When IBM first brought it out, it was called MVS/Open Edition because they had not yet gotten around to passing all the UNIX compliance testing that the Open Group requires before they'll allow someone to call their OS UNIX. Once that was done, IBM immediately renamed it to UNIX System Services.
Now having said that, and having survived my many years of exposure to USS, I agree that it has many, many differences between USS and what UNIX folks normally think of when the name is used. EBCDIC versus ASCII is only one of them, but seems to be one of the items that a lot of people focus on. As to the commercial viability of UTS, I would be curious as to how many new licenses for the product have been sold in recent years. I would imagine not many, but I would be interested in knowing for sure. In any case, UTS Global's experience with UTS has made them uniquely qualified to contribute to Linux/390 in a number of useful ways, for which I thank them profusely. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Murray Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: comparison beetwen Linux and UNIX i don't see why unix systems services on z/os can't be called unix. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
