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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Featured Topic: COBOL or Java? - FREE Download: Murach's Beginning Java 2 - Tip: Spotted owls, snail darters and assembler programmers - Advice: Help finding the name of active SMF datasets - News: IBM signs EMEA deal with SuSE 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Conference: Storage Management - Featured Book: Java for S/390 and AS/400 COBOL Programmers - Best Web Links: Programming - The Missing Link: The world's most expensive mobile phone - Current Poll: Cast your vote concerning the upgraded z900 ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY: HOSTBRIDGE ******************* XML-enable your CICS applications with HostBridge, which replaces 3270 screens with XML documents, completely eliminating the use of screen-scraping! CICS data integration with other applications is made simple with HostBridge. 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Well each is better suited for different applications, however, someone with skills in both would be a pretty hot commodity. >> CLICK for current Featured Topic... http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci754959,00.html >> CLICK for previous Featured Topics... http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MURACH'S BEGINNING JAVA 2 | FREE Download: search390 Want to learn more about programming with Java? We're offering the first four chapters of Murach's Beginning Java 2 as a free download to all of our users. These chapters will enable you to install Java code and compile your first program, as well as start to code object-oriented Java programs. To download your free chapters, go to http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepaper/1,289194,sid10_gci777354,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SPOTTED OWLS, SNAIL DARTERS AND ASSEMBLER PROGRAMMERS | Tip: Jim Keohane An endangered species is a plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. Read and discuss the North American bit twiddler (hexdumpus americanus). Send contributions to PETAP (People for the Ethical Treatment of Assembler Programmers). >>CLICK for the Full Tip: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci778615,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HELP FINDING THE NAME OF ACTIVE SMF DATASETS | Advice: search390 >From the SMCA map, can we find the name of the SMF datasets & which one is active? OS/390 systems programming expert Mark Zelden offers some suggestions. >> CLICK for the Full Expert Answer... http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid420453_tax287555,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::::: S/390 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ::::::::::::::::::: The headlines below and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://search390.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IBM SIGNS EMEA DEAL WITH SuSE | News: CW360 At the Linux World conference in Frankfurt, IBM and SuSE Linux announced a deal that makes SuSE the chief European distributor for IBM's DB2, Websphere, Lotus and Tivoli product lines. >> CLICK: http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=0&rd=&i=&ard=107371&fv=1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ____________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STORAGE MANAGEMENT | Exclusive TechTarget Conference Storage is mission critical. Are you ready? Apply to attend the FREE Storage Management conference coming to Chicago March 20-22. Seating is limited. Don't get shut out - qualify early to attend at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3498525;5058249;u?http://www.storagemanagement2002.com IMPORTANT: Unlike any other industry event, the Storage Management conference is the only independent storage event that delivers no vendor sales pitches disguised as content. Apply today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BOOK | search390 Bookstore Title: Java for S/390 and AS/400 COBOL Programmers Authors: Phil Coulthard, George Farr This book is designed to help COBOL programmers make the jump to Java. It teaches COBOL programmers how to read and write Java programs and helps them understand the concepts necessary to continue to improve their Java skills. http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&category_name=&product_id=1583470115&partner_id=54 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PROGRAMMING | Best search390 Web Links Our editors scour the Web hand-selecting and cataloging the best links, so you don't have to. We've done the mousework for you, so click over today to browse hundreds of pre-screened resources on COBOL, Java, Rexx and more. http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1453,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | The world's most expensive mobile phone What's scarier than even the most frightening Halloween trick? How about a $60,000 cell phone? Yikes! An Austrian jeweler is turning cell phones into wireless treasure troves, retrofitting them in gold and diamonds. His crown jewel is a Motorola with an 18-carat gold faceplate that's iced down with 950 diamonds. If you're going to pay that kind of cashola for a Motorola, the reception better be flawless (and no roaming charges)! The jeweler has his hands on Palms now; they'll run about $75,000 apiece -- perfect for the person who has way too much money. (infoSync) >> CLICK: http://www.infosync.no/show.php?id=1038&page=1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | search390 Reader Survey IBM has announced upgrades to the z900. 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