Wouldn't it best serve IBM to make it much more attractive for
smaller shops to get on board with, lets say, a z/890.
The bottom line is COST. Lower the entry cost of the hardware/
software and then you would have something.
I think you're actually talking about price (e.g. entry price). Have
The bottom line, as we all know, is that IBM wants to keep the margins
up on
engines running traditional workloads, while competing with cheaper iron
for
work that they perceive might otherwise be in danger of migrating there.
Basically says it all - even IBM admits it.
I do not speak for IBM
Ned, totally off topic, but thanks for bringing BASE24 (ACI's automatic
teller machine software) to z/OS. Bravo.
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BK, just out of curiosity, in what country is the company you've acquired
located?
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Receiving a fair price on any product requires a *credible* market
alternative in *your* particular situation. Things that bring
credibility to the discussion:
- a project actually underway to switch from one vendor to
another
I would consider it a strategic error to stick with a vendor that has
IFLs, zAAPs, etc., subject to the
usual rule that the number of any type of speciality engines may not
exceed the number of OS
engines.
That rule only applies to zAAPs and (according to the press release)
zIIPs, not the other types of engines.
Using a System z9-109 as an example, all of
Patrick,
I've only done a very quick search, but I found some newer documentation
that might provide some clues. There's a redpiece that got published
recently here:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4131.pdf
Starting on page 5 there's a brief section on HMC configuration. There
IIRC a z890 will only run a OS in 64-bit mode, no 31-bit mode, in an
LPAR. It may be possible to run a non-64-bit OS under z/VM.
Actually that's not the issue. There are lots of currently supported
31-bit operating systems that'll run just fine on a z890 including
VSE/ESA, z/VSE, TPF/ESA,
I was asked to find out whether there exist z/OS based products from IBM
or 3rd parties that provide similar content functionality.
Yes, reasonable priced. Tell us what products do you want to replace.
BTW: From my experience it is often enough to find an alternative
product and tell about it to
There's a redbook (SG24-6870) which seems to offer an answer, specifically
in Section 7.1. Here's what it says:
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Linux on zSeries does not support the CCF coprocessors. Instead, a generic
device driver, z90crypt, is provided to route the cryptographic work to
the PCICC or PCICA
- z/VM (with a 31-bit VM defined)
- z/OS 1.5 (IPLing in 31-bit mode)
- z/Architecture system
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Ed Jaffe responded that that won't work (gets a disabled wait state
early on), and since he's in the business of trying out those kinds of
things I believe his response can be accepted as
A couple thoughts here, since I think Steve was talking about letting IBM
know of these issues. First a point Barbara made:
We are in the process of moving the UNIX apps to Linux under VM, where
they
can use the other type of processors and save us a lot of software costs
(BMC is killing us,
They're not. The latest matrix price I saw for this position was $50.
Ennh, thank you for playing. The $50 goes to the pimp, who turns
around
and maybe coughs up $35 to a W-2 who's paying for his own health care,
etc.
I guess I interpreted matrix price differently. Obviously $50/hour
In the IBM-MAIN archives (from about August or September, 2005) there
should be a list of tape encryption products posted. (Search on tape
encryption and it should be pretty easy to spot.) There were also some
follow-up posts noting CA-BrightStor and OpenTech as additional vendors in
that
Since one can specify MACHINE=XC and define a 31-bit-only virtual
machine, any thoughts on whether it would it be legal (in the US) to
IPL z/OS 1.5 (effectively in ARCHLVL=1 mode) on that virtual machine
for D/R testing if the real machine is a z/Box?
I don't see why not, it is legal to us the
Also not fair to totally point the finger at IBM who are probably
paying,
AT LEAST, double the money being quoted.
They're not. The latest matrix price I saw for this position was $50.
That's full time though, right? If you round to 2,000 hours annually
that's U.S. $100,000 plus benefits plus
I didn't see the original Web address for this PLX job posting. Here's one
instance:
http://www.net-temps.com/job/2ow6/PLX-POK/plx_programmer_ex_ibmers.html
With respect to the conclusions one could draw, here they are:
1. Somebody is (was?) looking for a PLX programmer.
2. Somebody would have
Looking for a comparison between all the z/Boxen with regard to:
1. Sub-capacity licensing availability / support,
Supported on all the systems you named (as long as you meet the other
requirements). It's worth noting that z800 and z890 have fractional engine
configurations available to fine
Terry Linsley writes:
Our DDF traffic is 1/3 MS Access,
1/3 DB2 connect, and 1/3 locally developed java apps. Of the three, MS
Access causes the most pain hands down.
Off on a slight tangent here, there are some things you can do to take the
DDF temperature down. I'll list these in order of
Jay Howard wrote:
Being the original poster, we currently do partner with a company for our
DR needs. We are looking for ways that we can reduce our DR costs and
FLEX-ES is one of the options that we are investing.
I think we've got two separate concepts running through this thread, so
here's
Sam Knutson wrote:
I would advise anyone very strongly against the partnership approach.
I sort of agree with you, but there are an awful lot of companies that
currently make no provisions for DR. (The original poster's company might
be in that category.) So a DR partnership is a step forward
Concerning the original question (using FLEX-ES for DR purposes for a
production z890 Model 130), I assume that's technically possible. FLEX-ES
does support z/Architecture.
The question prompts many other questions, though. In particular, what is
your company doing with respect to DR
I may be stating the obvious, but I assume you could record in the inbound
IP addresses for some period of time and trace them back to their
owners, contacting each one by one in order to notify them of the
change.
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James Weidt writes:
How about secure FTP on OS/390 2.9?
Is there any hope?
Just curious why z/OS isn't an option. It (usually) has lower ongoing
costs (because WLC becomes an option if it's beneficial).
PM4Data appears to be an option. Here's the link to the IBM announcement
letter:
NETSTATS DEVLINKS will show the MAC addresses. You can
also get this information from the HMC by issuing some
OS/2 command(s), but I don't remember what they are.
My memory is a little foggy on this one, but I think the MAC address is
recorded in the LANTRAN.LOG file at network stack
The State of New Hampshire had a system with malware installed -- a single
Microsoft Windows server -- that was processing payments for government
agencies, including motor vehicles. Those payment records were
compromised. This news broke a couple weeks ago.
Ron Hawkins wrote:
Now if it would just inter-operate with the other subsystems with which
DB2
does a 2-phase commit, the mainframe would have a significant capability
that the distributed, open, midrange, small systems do not have on their
radar.
I'm a little confused. By it do you mean the DB2
Travis Shen writes:
I had a need to do transaction end to end performance
analysis(Z/OS), Does anyone would like to share some experience
or introduce some products(tools)
I think this question came up fairly recently, so you might want to search
the IBM-MAIN archives. IBM Tivoli Composite
FYI, there's a medium-sized IBM announcement today (PDF link) during SHARE
week:
http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/3/897/ENUS206-043/ENUS206-043.PDF
Summary:
1. DB2 SQL Performance Analyzer V3.1 for z/OS
2. IMS Database Recovery Facility V3.1 for z/OS
3. IMS High Performance Change
I don't know how to plug the FICON into
my existing ESCON cables (7060 with only ESCON and -horrors- parallel
channels)
Will the 7060 be around? There's a March 31, 2007, impending end of
service date for z/OS 1.4 and 1.5, and these are the last z/OS releases to
run on 31-bit hardware. I
1U is 1.75 inches of height in a standard rack. Therefore a 3U device
only takes up 5.25 inches - not a lot of space when compared to an RVA!
Mainframe disk is pretty small in today's form factors.
I'm somehow behind in terminology.
I've seen a few posts that state something is #U.
EG: 3U.
What
Tom Schmidt writes:
The reason to use NFS instead of SMB is that NFS is an actual standard
while SMB is not. Granted, SMB seems to be what Windows uses but MS
didn't
publish the interface and a new release (or patch level) could break it
at
any time... then the Windows weenies would REALLY
Another response was to use SMB. But I have no experience with that.
And, given the general hostility of the Windows people towards the z/OS
system (and, I admit, the opposite), trying to set up z/OS as a Windows
file server is likely to be met with a no way. Hum, and likely the
same on our side
Any chance you could use z/OS SMB as an alternative?
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Please let us all know how the IT budget is doing in about a year. It'd
be interesting to know what the budget was in the year pre-project and
in
the year post-project (for an apples-to-apples comparison, if that's
possible).
In this case, if they have done the job right, the IT budget
John,
I think you perhaps understood the SMB recommendation backwards. What I
think we're suggesting -- well, I'm suggesting -- is to place the dataset
on a z/OS SMB share and let the Windows servers fetch it as they wish,
when they wish. Schedule deletion from the share every month, week,
If we're going to do free plugs here, how about comparing the DS6800 to
the
HDS NSC55.
Sadly, I don't get commissions on either one. In fact, I don't get
commissions on anything.
I mentioned the DS6800 because it's tiny, and I don't think the NSC55 is.
Is there any other enterprise FICON
About mainframe software vendor consolidation: it's gotten more
interesting. There's a pretty strong argument that vendor consolidation
was the *only* trend until about 5 or 6 years ago. But then a few things
happened. One is that IBM entered the tools/utilities software business
and went
So has anyone written a letter to the editor of the publication -- or at
least a letter to the writer?
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How IBM's DS6800 line of storage? It's tiny (3U), reasonably priced, and
does support intermixing FCP and FICON on a single unit. (You can have
two to eight ports, and each type comes in pairs. So for both FCP and
FICON you'd have at least four ports going.) One unit (without expansion)
Please let us all know how the IT budget is doing in about a year. It'd
be interesting to know what the budget was in the year pre-project and in
the year post-project (for an apples-to-apples comparison, if that's
possible).
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Just about choked on my beer ...
Support is planned for up to 4 TB of real memory on a single z/OS
image.
This is expected to allow the use of up to 512 GB of real memory on a
single
z/OS image on IBM System z9T servers and up to 256 GB on z990 servers.
Yep - definitely need that. Well, maybe
But this provokes a question: if someone walks into an internet
cafe with his laptop running z/OS under Flex-ES or MVS 3.8
under Hercules, can he exploit DHCP to assign a local IP
address for the OS system? And can an OSA be emulated using
an 802.11g card?
AFAIK z/OS doesn't have a DHCP client.
Slightly off topic: in Japan some of the bars list their hours as, for
example, 1100 to 2800 (11:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.)
I have no idea what that factoid has to do with anything, but I'm
learning. :-)
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IBM Japan,
Quick pet peeve alert(*): the term open systems as currently applied.
For example, I fail to see how a Microsoft Windows server is an open
system and a mainframe running Linux (an open source operating system,
after all(**)) is not.
Could we all agree to call them distributed systems? Seems a
But I don't believe the OP was looking for alternatives to the IBM APA.
His question was this:
Has anyone made APA an integral tool in the software development
cycle? If so, where are you getting the most bang for the buck?
Yes, that's how I read the question too, but perhaps the original poster
Is there any way you can wiggle an ICF into your configuration? For
example, could you go to a 2xx model? Are you WLC (and thus could
conceivably shift the Linux workload to the CPs)? Could you consolidate
more Linux work and turn on an IFL or two in the second system to convert
it, better
I know of one customer that's been in production on z/OS 1.6 since
September 1, 2004. (Maybe they read this list.)
That's 23 days before GA, so I guess z/OS is doing pretty well in the
stability and quality department. :-)
Anyone want to see if they can set a new production record of 24 days
z/VSE, Linux, and z/VM now support FCP as well as FICON, so IBM has been
fairly busy of late. The technology issues are not exactly trivial for
z/OS, so let's see what happens over time.
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IBM Japan, Ltd.
E-Mail:
You said CICS, so I have to cover quite a broad range of options here
since I'm not sure about the user interface you'd be testing.
For Web and GUI user interfaces:
IBM Rational Performance Tester. I particularly like the z/OS version --
z/OS is a very good place to put this kind of stress
Yes, it does appear that way.
Those of you interested in Java batch (everybody, I hope) should look
carefully at *both* the available technologies. JZOS is one, and the
other is WebSphere XD V6 for z/OS. WebSphere XD z/OS started shipping
just last month, and one of its claims to fame is the
It can be risky. *NOW* most Linux software is priced
per processor, regardless of processor type. Maybe next
version will be priced differently. No warranty.
AFAIR some time ago Oracle did bad trick - they
repackaged the software, so most of upgrade contracts
were not applicable - customers had to
Just had a brief conversation with one of our server gang ... mentioned
that they should try an IFL on the mainframe ... He claimed that a rep
(IBM?) was in once and stated that the 'processor speed' was only 900
MHz so couldn't really compete with what we were looking for. I also
mentioned that
Great post! And as one who is tracking software billing
charges for my shop, I can absolutely concur with *all*
of your observations.
Great to hear another data point, thanks!
You missed an option, an ELA/ESSO. My current 2006 charges
are actually *LESS* than they were for all of last year
and
Brian,
One thing that we're all assuming is that you're talking about VSAM. Is
that correct?
If it's DB2 (or even IMS), there are some pretty easy ways to get
encryption. DB2 V8 has a new ENCRYPT word in its SQL vocabulary for
column-level encryption. There's also something called IBM Data
I hope you've been reading this thread because this
is the real world I encounter. IBM seems to have no
sense of urgency over this, but I'm might close to
closing my doors after 30 years of being a self-employed
trainer and 7 years with IBM before that.
It's hard to predict the future precisely.
Well, we've got 2800+ mips in 2 z990s running DB2 for SAP. We are in
the process of converting to run it all on Oracle, AIX and Pseries
servers. I don't deal with the financial end, but I'm told we'll be
saving lotsa $$.
It looks like I'll be hanging up my mainframe hat (98% of it) sometime
in
The prices for CICS and DB2 grow with version.
No, not necessarily. Offload engines are one reason. DB2 V8 will support
zIIPs, and DB2 V7 won't. V8 also has multi-row fetch/insert and MQTs. Does
V8 have a higher price?
CICS 3.1 has better performance for thread-safe code and for SOAP (Web
Sure wish you could convince my CIO of this.
All CIOs eventually reconcile their activities with their CFOs. Some more
dramatically than others. :-)
It's what I said: it has little to do with the
business case, really. IBM has lost the hearts
and minds of the young management as far as the
For future (or perhaps current) reference, note that there are many ways
you can isolate user TCP/IP activity from underlying changes to your
network configurations. If you look into the VIPA/DVIPA concepts in the
references you may find some good information.
That's probably a good idea
He may as well try for the big bucks while he can, as it looks like he
won't
be needed soon. The CEO and President of Hewlett-Packard made the
following
comment in the opening statement of this years annual report:
The best way to steer a company toward growth is to look out four or
five
In my opinion, people will NEVER get excited about using mainframes as
long
as they have no option but to work with the default interface.
I agree with that. Here's what's happening.
There's some interesting work afoot on the new face of the mainframe,
and I know many people have heard about
Releases to be withdrawn from service March 31, 2007
Product
Product nameVersionnumber
z/OS1.45694-A01
z/OS1.5
http://news.com.com/Electric+slide+for+tech+industry/2100-1010_3-6033598.html
Interesting article concerning server electricity consumption problems and
the disturbing trends. I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader about
whether there's already an actual solution to these problems. I
Maybe you could install the Digital Camera Feature(TM) for your HMC in
order to (ultimately) print out what's on screen?
Another reminder: I do not speak for IBM. Especially now. :-)
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E-Mail:
Correct. But if the majority of HLASM users simply want to offload
MVS development work to zLinux, they wouldn't care about ELF.
If there's any planned movement of MVS/VM/VSE-based code to zLinux,
then ELF object would certainly be important.
My personal guess is that Linux HLASM will be of keen
Maybe somebody could contact their IBM sales representative to ask about
putting Host On-Demand on the new HMC.
Actually, I think it'd be pretty cool to put HOD right in the OSA Express
as well, but I haven't thought that one through completely.
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Undoubtedly to the choir. But they can buy small/medium servers and
software from petty cash. After some dozen(s), it's noticed that the
support admins are overworked and stressed, and they pull a position
from mainframe and hire another PC jockey.
By the time the TCO arguments really make a
The user had to pay for IMS based on the size of the processor
Yes, in the late 1980s.
Fast forward to the 2000s and there's subcapacity workload-based
licensing, for IMS and just about everything else. Now I'm not arguing
that it's the perfect answer in every situation, but it's
Bob Richards wrote:
The FAQ was great, but generates TONS of questions.
Feel free to post some questions. Who knows? Some of us lurkers might be
able to find out more.
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check to make sure you have this coded in your FTPDATA :
AUTOTAPEMOUNT TRUE; allow automatically mount tape volumes
Just be a little careful about denial of service-style attacks with this.
I suppose it'd be possible to make the robot really busy with a bunch of
random FTP
As a follow-up to my Tape Encryption Products List posting from last
August, here's some more information.
1. Obviously the IBM software product (IBM Encryption Facility for
z/OS) is available and now well known, so that's one of two statements of
direction fulfilled. Details here:
Secure key is fairly exotic stuff, but mainframes offer it if you need
it. The private keys never appear in memory: they are tucked away
inside
the special tamper-proof cryptographic coprocessor cards. That also
means
extra I/O out to those cards for crypto processing, so it's not
It's worth pointing out that so-called clear key encryption is what
every other standard server does with the keys. Except on a mainframe you
have key-protected memory (and accelerators), so it's a lot harder for
another task to grab that key. I'd prefer a different term for clear
key on
To expand on a comment I made in an earlier post, there are three
no-charge classes offered by IBM Systems Technology Group. I can't
promise they're available outside the United States, but it's worth
checking your local IBM Education Training web site. The U.S. web site
is here:
Thus, hypothetically speaking, for a business critical call centre type
workload, required ~24*7*365, with data that is sensitive, including
Name,
Address, Financial and Government details, would you encrypt the TN3270
data path or not; so please answer:
1 - Yes
2 - No
Yes, I would, absolutely.
[] It would not
surprise me one jot if some company, somewhere, has had a real disaster
with Windows servers
that we've just not heard about.
We did hear about CardSystems in the press.
It's not fair. The problem wasn't (at least directly) related to the OS.
I saw lost data on Windows,
I found a report that Trend Micro's ScanMail antivirus software is
supposed to be available for z/OS (and Linux on zSeries also) in the
first half of 2006, so you might want to contact them.
There are several for Linux on zSeries, such as F-PROT.
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I thought I'd let everyone on the list know of an IBM program that's
available to you, at least in the Americas, but please pay close attention
to the groundrules, OK? IBM Software offers no-charge Proof of
Technology sessions. These are hands-on sessions where you get to sit in
front of an
[] It would not
surprise me one jot if some company, somewhere, has had a real disaster
with Windows servers
that we've just not heard about.
We did hear about CardSystems in the press.
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Let me start by pointing out that auditor requirements do matter -- and
none of you will have much choice.
John McKown wrote:
Aren't we glad that some auditors have never heard of one time pad
encryption? They'd likely demand that.
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Re: Optimization Subroute Library, I found this article that may be of
interest:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-coin.html
There are various contact people listed if you dig through (particularly
in the COIN-OR Web pages). Lots and lots of open source activity
You should also ask the question, Why am I moving files like that? Often
it makes sense to have something a little more sophisticated in order to
integrate systems. These days Web Services are fashionable, to pick an
example, and there's ample capability in mainframe subsystems to provide
Do they also encipher IQD traffic ? vbg
But seriously: there is no reason (*) to encipher traffic within server
room, especially if you can use fiber optic as connection medium.
By definition we consider only machines in one room, otherwise CPC with
IFL couldn't be used instead.
(*) Internal
Yet another reason for Linux on zSeries is that it can have workload
benefits for z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, and z/VM (CMS) applications.
Specifically, Linux on zSeries enjoys Hipersockets (high speed in-memory
connectivity) across LPARs to other mainframe subsystems and applications,
such as DB2 UDB
There's some technical information on Server Time Protocol (STP) available
here (Portable Document Format):
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/2005-Z31.PDF
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All the z/OS migration guides are available here (watch the wrap):
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/zos_migration_manuals.html
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I'm surprised that the first referencable account appears almost three
months after FCS and is
ostensibly (Computerworld) only a two-way in a range that supposedly
includes a 54-way.
Nothing better to be proud of?
Have no idea. Maybe we'll find out together in mid-January from Mark
Loughridge.
We run Oracle on z/OS here but i haven't come across a VSAM Transparency
option. i had a quick look in Oracle Metalink and someone had asked a
similar question and the answer was
Oracle's SQL*Loader will load MVS VSAM data directly into Oracle tables.
However we do not offer a VSAM
Has anybody seen any updates to the 3/31/2007 date for End-of-Service on
z/OS 1.5? The IBM web site still has an * next to it indicating it has
not been officially announced yet.
Is there any offering available from IBM that will still get you z/OS
1.5 for those of us still stuck on G5 hardware?
On this general topic, has anyone else priced z800s lately? A z800 ranges
from ~40 (smaller than the smallest Multiprise 3000) to ~630 MIPS with 10
capacity settings over 4 engines. Minimum memory is 8 GB. Runs all
software (i.e. it's 64-bit). It's even Parallel Sysplex capable.
Just for
I think this is the first publicly announced System z9 total go-live shop.
(Anybody else want to make an announcement? :-)) Congratulations to
Hannaford Brothers. Details in this IBM press release:
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/051205/0103015.html?printer=1
Sorry, don't have an ibm.com
John S. Giltner, Jr. writes:
We are looking at the posibility of replacing PCOM...
Do note that every Personal Communications license already includes Host
On-Demand. For the past several years.
But multi-session emulators is not at all what the original question is
about, so, to get back on
I was thinking of CGIs. I was also thinking of the HTTPD server. We
don't have Websphere. Perhaps Websphere has things in it to make
developing CGI-like applications in COBOL easier. When we tried to do
CGI in COBOL a few years ago, it was very difficult due to not being
able to use stdin and
John Chase wrote:
Have any of you implemented SSL over TCPIP (z/OS 1.5 or thereabouts)
without
using an ICSF, and obtained any measurements of the additional resources
consumed by computing encryption on standard CPU engines?
Yes, but bear in mind there are a lot of variables you'll need to know
There's a pretty good history of Language Environment releases here if you
need proof:
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/le/history/history.html
You could check FMIDs to be sure you've got the right release level. z/OS
1.4's LE has an FMID of HLE7707, and OS/390 2.10's LE is
This makes sense because z/OS.e is for non traditional workloads. The
way that I read IBM's intent is that z/OS.e is mainly to support a
Websphere / DB2 environment for e-business. Websphere almost demands a
C compiler for applications.
I'm confused by that last sentence since it hasn't been my
Just a reminder for those of you near Milwaukee -- that includes
Chicagoans thanks to Amtrak. The Wisconsin Linux on zSeries User Group
meets on Tuesday, December 6, 2005, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at 411
East Milwaukee Avenue (14th Floor) in Milwaukee.
SUPERVALU is sharing their
By the way, I would argue that VPNs aren't needed if all you're trying
to
do is TN3270 (plus optionally HTTP) into your corporate network.
So don't encrypt and show the world your userid/password et al?
snip
I guess for you, too. :-)
I would like to see that argument between you and the FDIC ;
I assume you're talking about a Windows PC's Java.
It's an issue, Java applet clashes. (Also sometimes happens with
Internet Explorer itself because it's at least very difficult to run two
IEs on the same system. Firefox doesn't seem to have that restriction.) I
know IBM solved it in Host
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