The Swiss gentleman will not be reading this so this is for any interested in the topic
- The supposed "great one" is the description of a message, EZD1353I, in which the second "S" of a use of the dread 3 characters is missing. Swiss humour rises to heights not found in other places! - It was brought to my attention that a set of redbooks regarding the IP component of Communications Server had errors relating to this misuse problem. Mainly it was overcorrection in that something inextricably related to Unformatted System Services as used by TN3270 got labelled with UNIX System Services when there was a bulk change of the dread 3 characters to UNIX System Services. I assisted the redbook author to remove the overcorrections. This is just one more example of the destruction caused by this misuses which some arrogant people - who can all very easily be named as a result of these exposures - happily and sneeringly impose upon us all. I have just seen the ridiculous suggestion/implication that this whole matter is "historical" and not "technical". That's an idea that sits very oddly with a set of redbooks that is in the process of being published wouldn't you say? It was also suggested that is was "pedantic" but "pedantic" is just a way of sneering at being precise and we are dealing with computers and software and software that can take a bit of effort to comprehend. - Incidentally we here see arrogance complemented by ignorance over quoting URLs in reference to the IBM bookshelves. It should be appreciated that the following reduced URL would suffice: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi- bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a1c8a0/11.342 - > Go to the z/OS V1.12 doc site and do a search on "USS" over all books (some 370+), ... I think this is a reference to http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/v1r12books.html and "all books" would be the "Search text" box for "All z/OS V1R12.0 Base Elements Optional Features - 389 books" It's clear he actually doesn't really want you to follow these instructions because he would be exposed for the dissembler he is. The number of "hits" is not 370+ but 88. I guess we can smell a rat in the use of the plus sign. It's going to take a bit of time checking all of this but I'm pretty sure already what could be said. Each one of the "hits" - excepting for "hits" in both the IP and SNA components of Communications Server which, I expect, nearly all align with [1] - is a mistake[2] brought about by IBM people having been adversely affected by the pervasive misuse about which we have talked ad nauseam but I fear more nausea will be needed while these arrogant - often anti-SNA bigots as in this case - persist with their nonsense. This is nevertheless a very interesting analysis technique. When I split out the manual with "UNIX System Services" in the title, guess what, there were 5 of them. I thought that compared with another number in a quite revealing way so I checked what it was. Well, indeed, the total number of manuals in the z/OS UNIX bookshelf is 11! Now those who have skulls of normal thickness will be able to conclude that, if there were any imprimatur attaching to the dread 3 characters, the most extensive use would be found in the z/OS UNIX bookshelf but - well - it just isn't. QE<expletive deleted>D! Alternatively, there's none so blind as those who will not see! - [1] http://www- 01.ibm.com/software/globalization/terminology/u.html#x2042481 <quote> unformatted system service (USS) A communications function that translates a character-coded command, such as a LOGON or LOGOFF command, into a field-formatted command for processing by formatted system services. See also formatted system service. ... USS See unformatted system service. </quote> [2] Or preliminary checking has shown that some manuals such as the MVS Messages manuals have a cross-reference to the message prefixes used by the components of the Communications Server and the dread 3 characters is one of those. - That's right. When anti-SNA bigots are prowling, I don't take prisoners! Also I really just don't like the tone implied by rolling on any floor doing anything when directed to sensible arguments. Chris Mason On Wed, 4 May 2011 17:14:26 +0200, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) <[email protected]> wrote: >>FWIW, IBM publications now use the current terminology: "z/OS UNIX >>System Services (z/OS UNIX)". This is not a discussion of the >>commonly used yet disputed TLA. Please. > >Go to the z/OS V1.12 doc site and do a search on "USS" over all books >(some 370+), be surprised and be amused. >http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves/EZ2ZBK0K > >A great one from the Communication Server's bookshelf (watch the wrap): >http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a1c8a0/11.3 >42? ACTION=MATCHES&REQUEST=USS&TYPE=FUZZY&SHELF=EZ2ZBK0K.bks&DT=20 1006010 >44843&CASE=&searchTopic=TOPIC&searchText=TEXT&searchIndex=INDEX&ra nk=RAN >K&ScrollTOP=FIRSTHIT#FIRSTHIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
