This could go another route and ask why every IBM product that is "old", "new" or "purchased via OEM", seems to be given the Tivoli brand name? ;-)
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Scott Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > After seeing this thread it's very apparent to me, IMHO, that someone at > IBM missed the boat on the acronyms. Maybe an accident ? zUSS would have > been better IMHO than calling Unix System Services , USS ...fwiw > > Sent from my iPad > Scott Ford > Senior Systems Engineer > www.identityforge.com > > > > On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:21 AM, "McKown, John" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Many, especially around here, would go with a different expansion of the > first three characters. And it's not "Point Of Sale". They don't like the > POSIX / UNIX (since it is X/Open branded) portion of z/OS at all. > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > > (817) 255-3225 phone * > > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J R > >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 9:34 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: A z/OS Redbook Corrected - just about! > >> > >> I agree, why not zUnix? Or z/Unix? > >> > >> However, since Lynn Wheeler has reminded us that z/OS Unix is > >> (to some degree) POSIX compliant/compatible, why not adopt a > >> catchy contraction of "POSIX"? > >> > >> I'd like to suggest z/POX, which also connotes the blight it > >> has become on z/OS. ;-) ... > >>> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:16:32 -0700 > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: A z/OS Redbook Corrected - just about! > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> > >>> I agree with Chris Mason. IBM should have never started > >> called it USS - > >>> how about a simple definitive abbreviation, like "zUnix". > >> IBM adores > >>> putting a "z" in front of everything (for some clueless > >> reason) so why > >>> should their version of Unix be any different? > >>> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
