Re: Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz
On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:23:32 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >For the same reason that Nova (No va) is funny in Hispanic countries; BS has a >colloquial meaning in the US. > That's disputed: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/ -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz
For the same reason that Nova (No va) is funny in Hispanic countries; BS has a colloquial meaning in the US. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Arthur Fichtl Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2019 3:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz Am 27.01.2019 um 06:00 schrieb IBM-MAIN automatic digest system: > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz OK, Enlight me, what is BS? Why it's funny? It is Germish and means "Betriebssystem" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz
On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 11:44:54 +, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: > >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). > Well, the Urban Dictionary entry for CDO links me to "Bear Stearned", clearly more BS. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Subject: Re: [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). – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Arthur Fichtl Sent: 27 January 2019 08:27 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz Am 27.01.2019 um 06:00 schrieb IBM-MAIN automatic digest system: > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz OK, Enlight me, what is BS? Why it's funny? It is Germish and means "Betriebssystem" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz
Am 27.01.2019 um 06:00 schrieb IBM-MAIN automatic digest system: Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz OK, Enlight me, what is BS? Why it's funny? It is Germish and means "Betriebssystem" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
