IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> wrote on 02/13/2011 08:48:13 AM:
> I'd really love to understand why on earth people like you are defending > that term in the name of VTAM. You won't change this anymore, like nobody > else will. "USS" has become the defacto standard name for z/OS UNIX System > Services. I am reminded once again of the pitfalls of attempting written humor with an international audience. My entire post was intended to be humorous, and my suggested acronym was simply to set up the implied joke in the next paragraph, with respect to what a similar acronym might be on a widely used x86 operating system. However, recognition of the intended humor does require familiarity with American slang terminology. Instead of an industry standard icon such as :-) to indicate humor, I used a quote from a fictional character on a recent episode of a popular situation comedy show on American television. That also is likely ill advised with an international audience. Suitably chastened, I will attempt to control my obsession with obscure referential humor. For a while, at least. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
