On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:17:39 +0900, Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Paul Gilmartin writes: >>"in the UNIX world"??? Isn't z/OS Unix? > >Yes, that's a very good point: > >http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3470.htm > >I tend to prepend the word "distributed" if I'm referring to other >(non-z/OS) UNIXes (UNIces?), and that serves pretty well. Or you could say >"the non-z/OS UNIX world," or perhaps "the UNIX world (ex-z/OS)." > >- - - - - >Timothy Sipples OK, so maybe saying "in the UNIX world" was a bit off target. z/OS is UNIX branded. I know that. But, how many people out there are using UNIX facilities for __applications__? For example, which is more prevalent: ATTACHing a subtask, or using pThreads? If you are "thinking UNIX", then you use pThreads. If you are "thinking z/OS", then you use ATTACH. How many programs are designed to take either z/OS datasets or UNIX files (ignoring the QSAM compatibility interface)? How many out there use "cron" to schedule repeating tasks? What about "at" for a "single shot"? That's kind of what I was getting at. At least in mindset, z/OS and UNIX are still separated in the z/OS community. At least as best as I can tell. Personal opinion only, of course. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
