Read it again. He did say both "shortcut" and "shorthand"
Bill Fairchild Programmer Rocket Software 408 Chamberlain Park Lane * Franklin, TN 37069-2526 * USA t: +1.617.614.4503 * e: bfairch...@rocketsoftware.com * w: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: 24/7/365 appropriateness was Re: IBMLink outages in 2012 On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net> wrote: > In <fkjpr71k9aqo209gi143h9g9hnuq125...@4ax.com>, on 05/23/2012 > at 08:54 AM, Clark Morris <cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca> said: > > >On a logical basis I agree with you but has the 24/7/365 shortcut for > >continuous availability become so pervasive that it is the shorthand > >way for saying it > > Shorthand? How is 24/7/365 shorter than 24/7? It's not. But it's shorter (or at least easier to remember/type/understand for most people) than 86400/365 or 31536000. And he didn't say "shorthand", he said "shortcut". Are we done now? -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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