Mike, Exactly me too for a long time I did VTAM/NCP work ...
Scott On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 7:08 PM Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning a friend or collegue you demean yourself” www.idmworks.com scott.f...@idmworks.com Blog: www.idmworks.com/blog *The information contained in this email message and any attachment may be privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise protected from disclosure. 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