Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 10621aa97d7a8640bd671c4b287949eb100b6...@gwcorpmail4.gwl.bz, on 08/20/2012 at 08:57 AM, Mullen, Patrick patrick.mul...@gwl.ca said: Similarly, everywhere I've lived (UK, South Africa, Canada), a spell checker would be confined to use by Harry Potter and his chums. Only if they're studying

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread Mullen, Patrick
Similarly, everywhere I've lived (UK, South Africa, Canada), a spell checker would be confined to use by Harry Potter and his chums. To check spelling in electronic documents, I use a spelling checker. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread Rupert Reynolds
Does anyone have a copy of the old JARGON FILE that buzzed around the IBM VM network in the '90s when i was working in Portsmouth North Harbour? I'd love to see it again. I think it included discussion of Bubblegum vs. Boeblingen.

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread zMan
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Rupert Reynolds rreyno...@cix.co.ukwrote: Does anyone have a copy of the old JARGON FILE that buzzed around the IBM VM network in the '90s when i was working in Portsmouth North Harbour? I'd love to see it again. I think it included discussion of Bubblegum vs.

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread Shiminsky, Gary
Try this link (it was posted earlier in this thread) http://www.comlay.net/ibmjarg.pdf It's the 10th Edition from the early nineties. I have a printed version since the early nineties. I have not found any later edition. Gary Gary L. Shiminsky Senior zVM/zVSE Systems Programmer Mainframe

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Aug 20, 2012, at 10:04, zMan wrote: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Rupert Reynolds wrote: Does anyone have a copy of the old JARGON FILE that buzzed around the IBM VM network in the '90s when i was working in Portsmouth North Harbour? I'd love to see it again. I think it included

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread zMan
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Alan Field alan_c_fi...@bluecrossmn.comwrote: There is. It's called GOOGLE :) Seriously? /me checks his phone to make sure it isn't 1995. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
rreyno...@cix.co.uk (Rupert Reynolds) writes: Does anyone have a copy of the old JARGON FILE that buzzed around the IBM VM network in the '90s when i was working in Portsmouth North Harbour? I'd love to see it again. I think it included discussion of Bubblegum vs. Boeblingen. i have few

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread Rupert Reynolds
Many thanks. This is odd. I have searched several times over the years and found poor imitations ir just snippets. This week i have only the phone to use, but i did search before posting. Oh well, i'm happy now:-) Thanks again!

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 2080556112895229.wa.scottfagencayahoo@listserv.ua.edu, on 08/17/2012 at 07:07 PM, Scott Fagen scottfagen...@yahoo.com said: APAR = Authorized (Authorised for the rest of the world) My spell checker accepts authorized bu tot authorised. PMR is a Problem Management Request Are you

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-18 Thread Scott Ford
John, Excellent, I wished Microsoft would take note from IBM. The problems in distribution of code and testing are time,experience and a lot of patience. I find some of the Linux distros pretty good in regard to fixes and reliability. Ran a lot of Fedora, now OpenSuse because we use z/Pdt.

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-17 Thread Phil Smith III
Scott Fagen wrote at length about PMR/APAR/PTF. One thing I've found interesting after 25+ years at various vendors is that IBM's model seems to work the best in the real world: Multiple PMRs can funnel into one APAR; one APAR can funnel into multiple PTFs. If an APAR is taken and turns out to