Another case which might be lack of respect but is probably just carelessness.
Chris Mason P.S. default subsystem name (DSN) - The name of the DB2 subsystem that can connect to the control server (the default subsystem name is DSN). Source: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/terminology/index.jsp On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:29:43 -0400, Bob Woodside <ibm...@woodsway.com> wrote: >On Wednesday 29 July 2009, R.S. wrote: >> Is it so hard to understand that acronym/abbreviation is not a thing >> that IBM or other company could establish? > > Or any grammar Nazi wanna-be. > >> This is simply part of language we use.... >> >> Like SMS: for us it's Storage Management Subsystem, but Windows >> people know other meaning and we all us SMS in our mobile phones (not >> to mention Novell SMS). None of these acronyms had to be formally >> accpepted by any company or agency. >> >> In most cases the meaning of acronym is obvious from the context, for >> exceptions it is perfectly OK to make disambiguation at the beginning >> - like "Unix System Services (USS)" or simply avoid acrynyms at all. >> And voila. No holy war is needed. > > Amen. Let's take another example: DSN. Any serious mail >administrator *knows* that it stands for Delivery Status Notification - >end of discussion - although most of the world's database >administrators mistakenly believe that it stands for Data Source Name >(ODBC). And both look on the meaning of "Data Set Name" as an amusing >atavism, if they've ever heard of it at all. > > As one whose academic background was in linguistics before stumbling >into the field of computers, I have to reiterate David Alcock's dictum: > >> Languages evolve. Thou shalt evolve too. > > >Cheers, >Bob > >-- >Bob Woodside >Woodsway Consulting, Inc. >http://www.woodsway.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
