I've always pronounced SQL as "squeal", not "sequel".
Dennis
"Political Correctness is just inverted McCarthyism." -- Dennis Miller
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Alan Altmark
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:40
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: [IBMVM] New z9 models
On Monday, 05/01/2006 at 10:32 MST, "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> They seldom do consider the other meanings or pronunciations of
acronyms
when
> assigning names. Some IBMers have gotten a good laugh at what we did
with
> DFSMS. Our pronunciation said it all - Doofus Mess.
No no no. It's "DF it's a mess".
But imagine if carmakers used the same process IBM does: You wouldn't
buy
a Cadillac, you would buy "The Car - Bigger, Roomier, and More Powerful
Edition".
"z9"? How about the "VSX 4000" instead?
-- Chuckie
