Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

I would think that they chose the Swahili word deliberately. Someone probably went looking at multi-language words for Open and that one jumped out. A good friend retired from the Greenwich Observatory and started a business selling telescopes. He called his business Green Witch. This is a very

Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 2:17 AM Timothy Sipples wrote: > Wazi happens to be the Swahili word for open. Conveniently it happens to > have the voiced letter Z in it. > Well, that was lucky! But how did they choose the name? Oh, wait, you're suggesting that the name was chosen BECAUSE it's Swahili

Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

Off on a tangent now? :-) Wazi happens to be the Swahili word for open. Conveniently it happens to have the voiced letter Z in it. https://www.ibm.com/products/wazi-developer - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE -

Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

The UK used to have the impolite term Kazi where you go to do your business. Perhaps this was misheard. Is this Wahahaha zi ( drop the jaw) or W aaa zi - wide mouth?( sounds like WAS)( or baby crying) On Tue, 15 Feb 2022 at 18:59, Mohammad Khan wrote: > Well, it's the same people who changed

Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

Probably the Dino-babies are responsible for this. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mohammad Khan Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 1:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

Well, it's the same people who changed "DB2" to "Db2" very likely spending small fortune probably because that's the change that customers needed most. It's good to be a king :) MKK On Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:43:19 -0500, zMan wrote: >WTF is a WAZI, beyond what Urban Dictionary suggests: > >Srsly

Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

It's the plural of wazoo. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 8:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand

Re: More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

WTF is a WAZI, beyond what Urban Dictionary suggests: A popular slang term originating from kenya which is used to show dissatisfaction and disbelief

More z/OS and LinuxONE on IBM Cloud, Including On-Demand z/OS

IBM is announcing the upcoming availability of new and improved "on-demand" IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE operating system instances. Here are the highlights as I see them IBM Wazi-as-a-Service will provide z/OS instances running on IBM Cloud. Yes, you'll be able to get your very own z/OS instance