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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES - Lead story: IBM replacing 'Big Iron' with 'Virtual Iron' - Computer Associates shareholder favors incumbents - Penguins on board - IBM selling office complex where it was founded 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Search390 tips contest: Congratulations to Joseph Kohler! - Discussion: Need help converting ASCII to EBCDIC? - Expert advice: Any migration issues from CICS TS V1.3 to V2.2? - Poll: How long have you been an unemployed mainframer? - The Missing Link: OMB sets up wasteful spending Web site __________________________________________________________________ ************************* WHATIS.COM ***************************** Visit the Web's most comprehensive online technology encyclopedia. Whatis.com defines more than 2,700 of the most important tech terms in plain English. Search for a term or navigate by category. Check out Fast Reference guides for a quick summary of everything from connection speeds to online color palettes. And don't miss Every File Format in the World, the Web's largest list of file extensions and the programs that use them. It's all free at http://whatis.com. __________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY IBM REPLACING 'BIG IRON' WITH 'VIRTUAL IRON' | News: Serverworld IBM is offering the power of Linux on mainframes as a service that companies can buy much like electricity. Linux Virtual Services allows users to access large-scale Linux computing via the Internet by paying a monthly fee. Besides saving maintenance and support costs, the service also allows companies to buy only the capacity they need. For the full story, click: http://www.serverworldmagazine.com/newsflash2/2002/07/01_ibmiron.shtml FOR MORE INFORMATION See these Best Web Links about Linux on the mainframe: http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1526,00.html Or see this archived Featured Topic on Linux and mainframes: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci799405,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ COMPUTER ASSOCIATES SHAREHOLDER FAVORS INCUMBENTS | Reuters Sam Wyly is trying to oust Computer Associates' Charles Wang but the software giant's fourth largest shareholder is backing the current regime. Private Capital Management, which controls 5% of the company's stock, is supporting the current board and has urged Wyly to give up the proxy battle. PENGUINS ON BOARD | eServer Magazine Companies from LL Bean to Winnebago to Boscov's department stores have seen the light and are running Linux on the mainframe. The marriage of the open source operating system and the reliable hardware has attracted new attention to Big Iron. IBM SELLING OFFICE COMPLEX WHERE IT WAS FOUNDED | Associated Press IBM is selling the property in Endicott, N.Y., where the company was founded nearly 100 years ago. Big Blue will lease some space from the new owner, Endicott Interconnect Technologies, which will manufacture circuits and chip carriers at the 4.1 million square foot complex. ___________________________________________________________________ ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 TIPS CONTEST | Congratulations Joseph Kohler! Search390 member Joseph Kohler won last month's tip contest by submitting the tip voted most helpful by his peers and contemporaries. Joseph won the Samsung DVD-S221 DVD/MP3 player. >> CLICK to read Joseph's tip, "ISPF edit macro: COBSUMPD" http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci824832,00.html?FromTaxonomy=/pr/286020 Got a 390 tip of your own? Send it in and we'll post it on our Web site. If your tip gets the highest rating, you'll win a Rio One 32mb mp-3/wma player. >> CLICK for more info: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid10_prz821169_cts821155,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 DISCUSSION FORUMS | Developer Search390 member "andrap" recently posted this dilemma in the Developer forum and received a thread of responses from 390 expert Jim Keohane: "Is it possible to use some setting so that the conversion form ASCII (with CR/LF) to EBCDIC happens correctly and the resulting dataset is fixed record with trailing blanks and no extra lines?" >> CLICK to share your thoughts, or to read the feedback from Jim Keohane and other Search390 users: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/553 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ANY MIGRATION ISSUES FROM CICS TS V1.3 to CICS TS V2.2? | Ken Davies Dear Ask the Expert, What are the migration issues when moving to CICS TS V2.2? I read some information that implied if you use certain functions of 1.3 you will need to re-write them for V2. >> CLICK for Ken's response... http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid478225_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390 If you're an unemployed mainframe professional, how long have you been out of work? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | OMB sets up wasteful spending Web site Did your senator pay $400 for a stapler? Did the ATF office in your town pay someone $6,000 to mow the lawn? Maybe your post office always gasses up those delivery Jeeps with pricey premium petrol. The White House has set out "The Wastebasket," a place where taxpayers can toss in evidence of government waste. The site, www.whitehouse.gov/omb, is part of the White House Office of Management and Budget's updated Web site. Think of it as a socially responsible way to waste time! Source: Reuters http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1154270 ____________________________________________________________________ ************************SEARCH390 CONTACTS************************** BJ RAMA, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your original articles and best practices. ROBYN LORUSSO, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your white papers and Best Web Links. KATE EVANS-CORREIA, Sr. News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your news, press releases and poll ideas. 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