Probably, given how we do things anymore, it would likely run Windows. I dread the day that we lose a war because our weapons "blue screened".
-- 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 Tony's Comcast account > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 8:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet > > So if our navy ever launches a ship called USS VTAM, what > type of software > would it use? > > Sorry, it's Friday. ;-) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of McKown, John > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 8:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet > > I appreciate Chris' knowledge of most things, especially VTAM. But > apparently he has a "thing" about USS. And also appears to > believe that if > he continues to be "bothersome" about the "misuse" of the > term USS, that > either: (a) people will be educated and will voluntarily > change or (b) will > become tired of hearing the rants and so change their usage > just to shut him > up. I doubt that either will occur. IMO, in most cases the > meaning of USS is > easily recognizable from the context. If it is not, then the > email is likely > so vague or poorly written that trying to understand what is > needed is a > waste of my time, and I ignore it. > > -- > 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 Paul Gilmartin > > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:45 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet > > > > On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:31:57 -0500, Chris Mason wrote: > > > > > >However, there are indications you have been seduced by the > > incorrect use of the abbreviation for what started out as > > VTAM's Unformatted System Services at least two decades > > before UNIX System Services appeared on the IBM scene. > > > > > Don't badger the novice. Vaunting your superiority is unseemly. > > > > -- gil > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
