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by BJ Rama, Site Editor
Hi everyone, If you missed our live discussion in the developer forum with Tom Ross last week, there's no need to worry. Tom was busy answering questions all afternoon, and more than seventy new questions and answers from that afternoon are available for you to sift through. To check out the COBOL-day related threads, or to look through over 400 posts in the developer forum, simply click here. Thanks to all of you for asking such great questions! This year, it is our goal to offer you more chances to participate in live discussions with leading industry experts. For example, on Tuesday, February 5th, Jan Lahmann, search390's Linux on S/390 expert, will be live in the operating systems forum to answer your Linux-related questions. So let me know if there are any topics you'd like to see covered, or a particular expert you'd like to chat with for a few hours, and I'll do my best to make it happen! Send me an email: here Have a great week everyone BJ |
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Goal Mode
by BJ Rama, Site Editor
Having trouble getting to goal mode? Not sure if you should make the switch from workload manager compatibility mode to goal mode, or if you should be running in goal mode at all? Let the resources we've gathered for this week's featured topic help you decide.
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Featured Expert: Steve Samson, Senior Technical Consultant, Candle Corporation
Category: Performance and Workload Management
If you are having trouble getting to goal mode, or have performance management questions, ask Steve.
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| This Week: In the forums |
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Tom Ross was live in our developer discussion forum last Tuesday and answered a ton of COBOL-related questions. If you'd like to check out the threads from that afternoon, or have a question for Tom, Go Here: |
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Search390 member Phil disagreed with an answer that search390 careers expert Rick Nashleanas gave about the market for VSE systems programmers. If you'd like to see what both sides had to say and would like to throw in your two cents, please do. You can view Phil's rebuttal in our Sound Off forum: |
| Tip of the Week: |
| Looking for an excuse to play arcade games at work? Jim Keohane suggests downloading IBM's Robocode, then say you're sharpening your Java skills. The free download is a complete programming environment in an arcade-like setting where you can create and battle your bots. Read on for robo-inspiration! |
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Code quietly, or there will be... trouble! - Robocode |
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