> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht
>
> Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:
> >I was then called by somebody from the POK favorite son operating
system
>
> 'son operating system' ?????
>
> Uhhhh, I may be a dumb <excrement> ( :-D ), but please excuse my
> ignorance, but what is that?
>
> (I certainly know what is POK)
Actually, it's "favorite son" operating system; as in "most favored" or
"takes precedence over all others" or "gets all the attention". Might
also be an oblique reference to the dead "Future System" that was to be
the "be all and end all" of operating systems.
-jc-
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