After seeing this thread it's very apparent to me, IMHO, that someone at IBM missed the boat on the acronyms. Maybe an accident ? zUSS would have been better IMHO than calling Unix System Services , USS ...fwiw
Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:21 AM, "McKown, John" <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> wrote: > Many, especially around here, would go with a different expansion of the > first three characters. And it's not "Point Of Sale". They don't like the > POSIX / UNIX (since it is X/Open branded) portion of z/OS at all. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of J R >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 9:34 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >> Subject: Re: A z/OS Redbook Corrected - just about! >> >> I agree, why not zUnix? Or z/Unix? >> >> However, since Lynn Wheeler has reminded us that z/OS Unix is >> (to some degree) POSIX compliant/compatible, why not adopt a >> catchy contraction of "POSIX"? >> >> I'd like to suggest z/POX, which also connotes the blight it >> has become on z/OS. ;-) ... >>> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:16:32 -0700 >>> From: dickbond...@gmail.com >>> Subject: Re: A z/OS Redbook Corrected - just about! >>> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >>> >>> I agree with Chris Mason. IBM should have never started >> called it USS - >>> how about a simple definitive abbreviation, like "zUnix". >> IBM adores >>> putting a "z" in front of everything (for some clueless >> reason) so why >>> should their version of Unix be any different? >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
