[openstack-dev] OS or os are not acronyms for OpenStack

Dan Smith dms at danplanet.com
Fri Aug 15 14:59:49 UTC 2014


> OS or os is operating system. I am starting to see some people us OS or
> os to mean OpenStack. This is confusing and also incorrect[0].

Except in the nova API code, where 'os' means 'openstack'.

I too think that policing the use of abbreviations is silly. It's a
confusing abbreviation, but seriously...

--Dan

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