Well, I did find VTAM USS (Unformatted System Services) TABLES. I believe these date back to the 1970s.
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.istrdr0/uss_table.htm On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 5:49 PM David Mingee <ming...@prodigy.net> wrote: > > C lever... I did find hits on google for acronym - USS, navy and Z/OS Unix > System Services . For some reason it made me think of Snow White and the 7 > dwarfs of mainframe. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 6:07 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: OpenSSH / Ported Tools / Co:Z > > So what's all the fUSS? > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Matt Hogstrom > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 1:25 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: (External):Re: OpenSSH / Ported Tools / Co:Z > > Actually it is in every z/OS Unix System Services document. Cleverly > disguised with the prefix ‘disc' and the suffix ‘ed’ ’ion’ or others. For > example > > So far, we have discussed > The following discussion > > There is it, USS hiding in plain sight in almost ALL IBM documents. > > Matt Hogstrom > m...@hogstrom.org > PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 > > "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” > - Hanlon’s Razor > > > On Mar 18, 2019, at 12:54 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <jesse1.robin...@sce.com> > > wrote: > > > > 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.zgl > >>> o > >>> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
