On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:53:30 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In a recent note, Tom Marchant said: > >> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:11:03 -0500 >> >> USS is Unformatted System Services, and it has been documented in VTAM >> manuals since long before Open Edition was announced. Why they decided >> to change the name of Open Edition to Unix System Services is a mystery. >> >Trademark contention, IIRC. > What I meant to say is that it's a mystery to me why they chose Unix System Services for the new name when USS was already a well established acronym. BTW, I do call it USS, but don't like the ambiguity of it. Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html