Is It Open
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Apparently, the reports of Cgidev2's demise
were greatly exaggerated. According to a NewsFactor Network article,
although the development tool was labeled open source, IBM never
exactly specified which license governs the product. The company
also didn't let a former developer offer it for download and claimed
that Cgidev2 had never "officially" been open sourced. IBM's
ostensible "decision to pull support lead to an outcry among users
who sent the company several hundred e-mails. This in turn caused
the company to reassign developers." Now the official word is that
it was a "miscommunication" and IBM will release the code under an
open-source license (for sure this time). Read
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| ASNA on the
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Amalgamated Software of North America (ASNA)
bridged the Microsoft-IBM gap when IBM officially added ASNA's
Windows-based and .NET developer solutions to its iSeries Developer
Roadmap. According to the ASNA press release, "IBM's roadmap
reference of ASNA's iSeries modernization and extension solutions,
coupled with support from Microsoft through the Midrange Alliance
Program (MAP, which ASNA co-founded), provides iSeries users with
the only fully .NET compliant solution for application modernization
endorsed by both IBM and Microsoft. iSeries users looking for the
best possible solutions for modernizing their midrange systems can
now rest assured of support from IBM as well as Microsoft for .NET
migration efforts." Read
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| Free is
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WebSphere
Portal Comes
to the
iSeries |
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The latest version of IBM's WebSphere portal
software is now available for zSeries mainframes and iSeries
midrange servers. According to a CNet article, "IBM said the biggest
step forward with the latest iteration of its WebSphere software is
that it lets companies more easily build composite applications in
the form of portals that address worker-specific tasks within an
organization. For instance, a call center employee using a portal
built with the tools could access various pieces of procurement,
production or customer relationship management systems in order to
garner specific information from each of those applications to
better handle client service requests." Read
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Windows
and
iSeries
Monitoring |
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Tango/04 Computing Group released VISUAL
Control for Windows 9, which lets you monitor Windows and iSeries
server performance from one console. According to the press release,
"the console offers single-system or multisystem views. Users can
see at a glance the vital signs of as many servers as needed,
combining both iSeries and Windows systems. All the views feature
historical tracking of parameters and chronological microcharts,
constantly showing a summary of recent performance history. Users
can instantly generate performance portlets that can be fed into
corporate web portals to inform lines of business about the service
levels provided. This feature is compatible with WebSphere Portal
Server." Read
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Surfing
Couch
Potatoes? |
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Apparently, those folks with broadband
Internet access watch less TV. An ExtremeTech article cites a
Forrester Research study that says "broadband Internet users watch
just 12 hours of TV per week, compared with 14 hours for those who
are offline." The study also categorizes users based on their
feelings about technology. Consumers are separated into technology
optimists, pessimists, and tenured nomadic networkers. Apparently,
people "making up the latter category have had Internet access in
their networked homes for at least five years and own a laptop
computer. These nomads watch just 10.8 hours of TV each week." A
tech optimist is defined as one who believes "technology will make
life more enjoyable, while pessimists are indifferent or even
hostile to technology. Pessimists outnumber optimists 51%-49%." (So
is that a pessimist mandate?) Read
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| Gone fishin'
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Due to internal Holidays there will not be an
issue of Dateline Rochester on August 15th. The next issue of
Dateline will be Monday, August 22nd. |
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