=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH390 | S/390 and Industry News January 22, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___________________________________________________________ ***************** SPONSORED BY SEAGULL ********************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Developer forum: Live discussion with Tom Ross TODAY - Discussion forum: Developer - Take Our Poll: Your storage network configuration - Ask the Expert: Help creating tables and databases in DB2 - The Missing Link: Virgin gets in text message game ___________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY Storage | Featured Topic: search390 If you're the one in charge of managing storage, then you know there are many options to consider. Look through these resources and check out TechTarget's new storage magazine for more info www.storagemagazine.com. >>CLICK for the full featured topic: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci758921,00.html >>CLICK for other featured topics: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >>Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ INTERVIEW: WHERE IS IBM HEADING? | News: cw360 IBM has blamed poor financial results on the decline in PC and other hardware sales. However, officials said IBM completely sold out of its Regatta p690 servers, which were launched in October and saw the first increase in revenue on mainframes in 11 years. IBM SQUEAKS PAST EXPECTATIONS | News: CNET Despite reporting slower fourth-quarter sales, IBM said it was a "solid finish to a demanding year." Promising areas where it continues to make market gains is in software, storage and servers. Still, while the company has seemed almost untouchable in recent months, IBM's outlook for the current year is guarded. SOFTWARE COMPANIES ANNOUNCE LAWSUIT RESOLUTION | News: The Four Hundred California Software and UniComp Inc. have resolved their 14-month dispute over the rights to Unibol36 and Unibol400, two re-hosting suites that allow companies to recompile S/36, AS/400, or iSeries applications to run on Windows, Unix, or Linux servers. ___________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LIVE DISCUSSION WITH TOM ROSS TODAY | Developer forum If you program with COBOL, chances are you have questions. Tom Ross will be in and out of our developer discussion forum this afternoon to answer your questions. He has already answered a bunch, so keep posting and check out his answers to today's posts. To post a question for Tom, click here: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 DISCUSSION FORUM | Developer Search390 member WWhiteAL posted the following in our live discussion today with Tom Ross in the Developer forum: Some other vendors we use have a facility in which users can enter 'wish list' type enhancement requests directly into a web based facility. The vendor developers then can scan this list, and respond via e-mail with requests for additional information, clarification, or to discuss potential resolutions. Would IBM consider implementing such a facility to aid in users communicating ideas/requests to developers? Do you have comments to add to WWhiteAL's question? Tom Ross will be providing answers. To post a response, click on the url below: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/372!viewtype=threadDate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TAKE OUR POLL | search390 "What storage network configuration are you currently using?" >>CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASK THE EXPERT | Category: DB2 for OS/390 Dear Ask the Expert, I have been doing application programming for 5 years in DB2 now. But now I have a task in front of me to create tables and databases, which is a new area for me. How do I go ahead with specifying the free pages, percentage free space and PIECESIZE etc? Are there any general approaches like specify a value to start with and then monitor for activity? Where can I read about this? Are there any documents for a starter like me? >>CLICK here for Willie Favero's response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid431914_tax285226,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE MISSING LINK | Virgin gets in text message game "Is there an airport nearby, or is that just my heart taking off?" "If I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put U and I together." These and other classically cheesy pickup lines are coming to Virgin Mobile. Richard Branson, playing Cupid this time instead of Phileas Fogg, will launch a text message flirting service on Valentine's Day. The idea is to let shy, yet coquettish, customers flirt via anonymous text messages. Think of it as a faceless, wireless icebreaker. Guys, if she rolls her eyes and hits "delete," use this one: "Hey, I know you! You were Miss Newcastle last year!" 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