I believe it is either 'zee oh ess' or 'zed oh ess' depending on how you pronounce the letter 'z'. Either way is acceptable.
CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | [email protected] This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, any use, disclosure, printing, copying or distribution, or reliance on the contents, of this communication is strictly prohibited. CIT disclaims any liability for the review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication by persons other than the intended recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender advising of the error in transmission, and immediately delete and destroy the communication and any accompanying materials. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, record and retain any communications sent from or received at this email address. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Poitras Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 12:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] How do you say "z/OS"? In article <[email protected]> you wrote: > On Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 2:00:29 PM UTC-4, Mike Martin wrote: > > Is it.. zoss? > > > > Is it.. zee? > > > > Is it zee...oh...esss? > > > > Something else? > > > > Sorry if this has already been beat to death, but I am just curious how > > everyone is saying it... > Hi, I called IBM today from their z/OS website. The IBM agent said > "zed oh ess" or zed OS, or z/OS. The final believable word. ...:-) Poor Mike has been waiting 15 years for this answer. :) -- Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive [email protected] (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
