In an obscure corner of IBM's PK campus is a nondescript bunker-like building. The basement of that building houses the IBM Acronym Factory. The IAF is staffed by a cadre of probationary lawyers and a rotating squad of 14-year-old boys. A proposed acronym is first sprung on the boys; if they giggle, the PA is discarded. Otherwise it's tossed into the lawyer cage. If it emerges intact, it's on the road to acronymhood.
'USS' was relegated to wannabe status for reasons forever locked in the IAF. No matter how commonly it's used, it doesn't officially exist. Think of trying to sneak a snippet of Anglo Saxon slang past the Alliance Francaise. Cannot happen. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2019 3:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: OpenSSH / Ported Tools / Co:Z On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:32:42 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote: >They got rid of Unformatted System Services? > Just the abbreviation. Perhaps they'd rather not take sides. Did the abbreviation appear in an older Glossary? Wayback Machine? BitSavers? >On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 3:05 PM Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> >> On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 15:45:11 -0400, scott Ford wrote: >> >> >Very funny Rad ..USS wars is about right ...lol >> > >> >On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 4:27 PM R.S. wrote: >> > >> >> OK, who start "USS is not Unix System Services" war? >> >> Don't forget about "it's UNIX, not Unix" and "official acronym". >> >> Of course all the typos will be punished seriously. >> >> >> The z/OS glossary contains no definition of "USS". I wonder what an RCF >> would cause? >> >> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/zosbasics/com.ibm.zglo >> ssary.doc/zglossary.html -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
