=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 | S/390 and Industry News December 20, 2001 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ____________________________________________________________________ **************** SPONSORED BY SUN MICROSYSTEMS *********************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Advice: ROT for DFSORT SORTWK* usage - Discussion Forum: Best certifications - Special Offer: Win a Microsoft Xbox! - Poll: What would you spend you company money on? - The Missing Link: Store giant tries to shut down site =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY RED HAT LINUX NOW AVAILABLE FOR S/390 MAINFRAMES | News: CW360 Red Hat Linux is now available for the IBM S/390 mainframe. The latest version is optimized for IBM's S/390 Parallel Enterprise (G5 and G6) and Multiprise 3000 servers, but can also run on IBM's zSeries 900 servers. For the full story, click: http://www.cw360.com/article&rd=&i=&ard=108916&fv=1 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Read more in sear390's Best Web Links on Linux: http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1526,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ CA UPDATES MAINFRAME DEVELOPMENT TOOLS | News: Enterprise Systems Computer Associates has recently updated its troubleshooting tools for the mainframe. CA released new versions of Advantage CA-Dump Batch and Advantage CA-Optimizer/II. Both products have expanded their troubleshooting features, including the addition of a central repository for abend reports, giving developers the ability to compare current errors with past errors. IBM'S QUANTUM BABY STEP | News: Reuters IBM scientists are set to publish details of a new, small step in the quest to develop tinier microchips. The researchers said they have used a newly developed computer to perform "the most complex quantum computation to date." JDS UNIPHASE TO BUY IBM UNIT | News: Reuters IBM has agreed to sell its optical transceiver business to fiber-optic telecommunication component maker JDS Uniphase. This is the second microelectronics business IBM has agreed to sell in the past month. Microelectronics has been one of IBM's weak areas over the past year. ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ROT FOR DFSORT SORTWK* USAGE | Ask the Expert Dear Ask the Expert, I'm trying to come up with a good ROT for DFSORT SORTWK* usage, on an OS/390 R9 system. I've started looking at the DFSORT SMF data, and discovered a huge variation in the allocation number and size of SORTWK* work files. I suspect there is a relationship between bytes sorted, size, and number of SORTWK* datasets. I've reviewed the Tuning Sort pub, but didn't find this spelled out anywhere. >> CLICK to view Gerhard Adam's answer... http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid421056_tax285033,00.html ww.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci784382,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST CERTIFICATIONS | search390 Discussion Forum Here's a recent post to our search390 Sound Off Forum: "I have a master's in computers. I would like to improve my qualifications. I would like to know if I should study anything special to improve my career and the best certifications that have value in the current trends." Do you have advice for this user? If so, click below to go to our Sound Off discussion forum, and while you're there, browse through some of the great career-related Q&As we got earlier this week with our forum guest, S/390 career expert Rick Nashleanas. >>CLICK to go to the Sound Off forum... http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN A MICROSOFT XBOX! | search390 Special Offer Here's your chance to win a Microsoft Xbox, the hottest video game system of this holiday season. 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The work phone numbers of the people who helped oust Oiler are posted on ShameonWinnDixie.com, a Web site supported by the American Civil Liberties Union. Sure beats scrawling their numbers in the stall of a truck stop men's room! As you might expect, Winn-Dixie officials want the site shut down. Source: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23451.html ____________________________________________________________________ ******************* SEARCH390 CONTACTS *************************** BJ RAMA, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your original articles and best practices. CATHERINE DOSS, Assistant Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your White Papers and favorite Web sites. JACK PICKELL, News Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your news, press releases and product announcements. 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