So if our navy ever launches a ship called USS VTAM, what type of software
would it use?

Sorry, it's Friday.  ;-)



 

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I appreciate Chris' knowledge of most things, especially VTAM. But
apparently he has a "thing" about USS. And also appears to believe that if
he continues to be "bothersome" about the "misuse" of the term USS, that
either: (a) people will be educated and will voluntarily change or (b) will
become tired of hearing the rants and so change their usage just to shut him
up. I doubt that either will occur. IMO, in most cases the meaning of USS is
easily recognizable from the context. If it is not, then the email is likely
so vague or poorly written that trying to understand what is needed is a
waste of my time, and I ignore it.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:45 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Re: Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet
> 
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:31:57 -0500, Chris Mason wrote:
> >
> >However, there are indications you have been seduced by the 
> incorrect use of the abbreviation for what started out as 
> VTAM's Unformatted System Services at least two decades 
> before UNIX System Services appeared on the IBM scene.
> > 
> Don't badger the novice.  Vaunting your superiority is unseemly.
> 
> -- gil
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