Greg Thanks for reminding me that I had intended to say that there is clearly nothing wrong with using USS in the list posts as long as the context is clear. The OP for this tangent was jokingly worried that he - I think it was - had committed a faux pas. I'm afraid I got carried away with my approach to pointing out the exclusivity of the VTAM "USS".
It's perhaps worth a mention that USS used in the context of the Communications Server TELNET servers can be confusing. It refers to a server in one case, otelnetd, and the commands and messages the user enters and sees, respectively, in the other case, TN3270E. Chris Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Shirey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> Sent: Friday, 15 December, 2006 3:30 PM Subject: Re: S80A loading CEEMENU3 > I thought the original "official" acronym for UNIX System Services was OMVS. > :-) > > This thread is obviously off-course, and not to negate anything Chris said, > but if you search the APAR database, you will find hundreds of hits for USS > which do not mean Unformatted System Services. So, IBM may indeed be making > an effort not to "officially" dub UNIX System Services as USS, but they > will, as all of us will, use abbreviations when it seems to make sense. > > In context we all know what USS stands for, IMHO. I don't know why we have > to waste time and space hashing on this every other month. > > Greg Shirey > Ben E. Keith Company > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chris Mason > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 5:41 AM > > <snip> > > In other words, despite a few slip-ups, the abbreviation "USS" for "UNIX > System Services is eschewed by the regular IBM manuals for the topic. By > contrast the phrase "UNIX System Services" appears in the hundreds in the > major manuals. > > Of course I have no doubt that the developers among themselves use "USS" > very freely as will any, for example, redbook authors or SHARE attendees, > who come into contact with them. > > Well, that was my two eurocents of somewhat doubtful value. I guess the > "USS" pedant count has now reached three. <g> > > <snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
