The Curious History of CICS Pronunciation

The Curious History of CICS Pronunciation

From Brazil's "six" to Italy's "chicks" and Britain's "kicks," one of the mainframe's most famous technologies has inspired decades of linguistic creativity.They Call It "Six" in Brazil The Portuguese word for "six" is seis in Brazil and Portugal. According to...

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Linux, Unix, Windows, and OS/2: How Demand Beat Design

Linux, Unix, Windows, and OS/2: How Demand Beat Design

The Rise of UNIX and Portable Computing  “OS/2” There. I said it. And I’ll say it again… but not right away so I don’t seem too fixated on something that inexplicably became an “also ran.” You know what it proved? A bunch of things, beginning with the fact that IBM is...

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