Acronyms et al

[Fyfield, Derek]

There was an operations control system known as OCS/3000 in use in the late
'80s.  HP Australia used it on their admin systems to control batch jobs
(hundreds of them).  I can't remember who wrote it.  It may have succumbed
to market pressure from Maestro/Tiffany.

Derek Fyfield


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tom Renz [SMTP:tom@cotc-consulting.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 08, 1999 4:30 AM
> To:	powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject:	Re: Acronyms et al
> 
> At 08:41 AM 12/07/1999 -0800, john penney wrote:
> >Anyway, can anyone help me with descriptions of the
> >following? Thanks in advance for your patience with
> >such blockhead questions:
> >
> >PROTOS (HP3000)
> 
> This is a tool that functions in a similar fashion as a 4GL except that it
> generates COBOL code that is then compiled and becomes an actual program
> that can be executed.  No interpreters needed once the code is compiled.
> You write the code using shortcut commands/options which PROTOS expands
> when you are ready to compile.
> 
> >OCS (HP3000)
> 
> This is a product that, I believe, is a tool that provides configuration
> management (version control) of your production files (jobs, programs,
> etc.).  The list members will correct me or expand on this info.
> 
> >TRANSACT (HP3000)
> 
> This is HP's version of a 4GL and is/was part of the RAPID product line.
> 
> 
> Tom Renz
> 
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