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Take Mr. Know-IT-All's Mainframe Skills Challenge and test your melon today. >> For complete Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci906773,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LANGUAGE LESSONS | Mr. Know-IT-All's Quiz Question #2 Test your knowledge of the mainframe with today's quiz question, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. What is the name of IBM's internal, proprietary programming language? a. X/LP b. PL/X c. LP/L d. Initech e. none of the above >> For the correct answer, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci906704,00.html >> For more of Mr. Know-IT-All's mind bending quiz questions, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci906773,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= S/390 AND INDUSTRY NEWS The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ WHY DO CIOS OUTSOURCE? THE PRICE IS RIGHT | SearchCIO.com Dollars may be driving most CIOs to outsource, but attendees at Gartner's outsourcing summit learned that it really should be more of a strategic decision. http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci911782,00.html GARTNER: OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING UNSTOPPABLE, DESPITE BACKLASH Gartner analysts say that offshore outsourcing isn't merely trendy, it's irreversibly mega-trendy. Far from a fad, it's becoming more mainstream. But could onshore unrest be the price U.S. businesses pay for sending jobs overseas? (SearchCIO.com) http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci912047,00.html DELL DETAILS NEW LINUX-ON-ITANIUM 2 SERVER The new Itanium-2 based PowerEdge 3250, which supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is targeted at high-performance computing centers. (SearchEnterpriseLinux.com) http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci911892,00.html The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ ____________________________________________________________________ ******************* SPONSORED BY: Xbridge Systems ****************** FREE WHITE PAPER - Practical Web Services & the Mainframe The industry has been plagued for years with varied interaction between different computing environments (especially legacy systems) in a form that is `self-describing'. 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