John, Frankly I've never understood Chris's problem with USS, except that he may suffer from some sort of OCD reaction when he sees those letters.
We all know that USS stands for Unix System Services, and any other employment of the acronym with the Mainframe community should spell out that it is not using this accepted, commonplace, default meaning. VTAM Unformatted System Services is one good example, where authors should discipline themselves to explain that they are not referring to Unix System Services rather than confusing everyone by hijacking this acronym. And as for naming boats, how would HMAS ever get confused with USS? Is this the appropriate place for the :-) Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 6:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] 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
