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Answers to your technical questions and expert advice for the 390 community. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ____________________________________________________________________ FROM OUR SPONSOR: - Data Center Decisions -- June 2-4, 2004, Chicago http://datacenterdecisions.techtarget.com/index.html?track=NL-16&Offer=dcdsur1 - Search390.com Career Center http://search390.techtarget.com/dice/0,294542,sid10,00.html?track=NL-16&Offer=390dicesur93 ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. EXPERT QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK - Migrating existing software to mainframe Linux - Migrating from COBOL to Enterprise COBOL - COBOL migration and runtimes 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: VM/Linux tips and tricks - Featured Tip: Is now the time for an e-mail migration? - Poll: How far are you in your migrations to z/OS? - Featured White Paper: MS to Linux migration blueprint ____________________________________________________________________ **** Don't miss Data Center Decisions - June 2-4, 2004, Chicago **** This is your last chance to attend & stay one step ahead of the competition! Attend the 2004 Data Center Decisions conference and gain valuable insights into the current trends for the mainframe. You'll hear leading experts from T Systems, Glasshouse technologies, HP, THINKstrategies and more discuss key issues and strategic trends. You can't afford to miss out -- register today: http://datacenterdecisions.techtarget.com/index.html?track=NL-16&Offer=dcdsur1 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MIGRATING EXISTING SOFTWARE TO MAINFRAME LINUX | Ask the Expert I'm exploring the possibility of migrating some software products from the S/390 and z/OS world to the mainframe Linux world. How are the SVC, PC, BAKR, and PR instructions used in the Linux operating system? What about the linkage stack? Is there such a thing as a Linux internal manual? >> For our Linux expert's response to this question, CLICK: http://www.search390.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid572855_tax293308,00.html?track=NL-16 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MIGRATING FROM COBOL TO ENTERPRISE COBOL | Ask the Expert We are migrating from COBOL for OS/390 2.2.2 to Enterprise COBOL 3.2.0 and have noticed a substantial 20% increase in load module size. Do you have any thoughts about what we may be doing wrong? >> For our COBOL expert's response to this question, CLICK: http://www.search390.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid572852_tax285603,00.html?track=NL-16 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= COBOL MIGRATION AND RUNTIMES | Ask the Expert If I'm not mistaken, OS/VS COBOL and VS COBOL II runtime environments have not been supported for years. But they continue to function under OS/390 V2 releases. Will z/OS V1 releases also allow the runtimes to function successfully? Or, does z/OS V1.4 present a situation where you must convert your OS/VS COBOL and VS COBOL II runtime environments to LE in order for them to function as expected? >> For our z/OS expert's response to this question, CLICK: http://www.search390.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid572857_tax292523,00.html?track=NL-16 >> Got a question for one of our experts? CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateExperts/0,289622,sid10,00.html?track=NL-16 ____________________________________________________________________ *************** Visit the Search390.com Career Center ************** How does your salary compare to those of your peers? Visit Search390.com's new Career Center powered by Dice and take our salary survey. You'll find training, certification and resume resources along with over 27,000 IT job openings to search through. 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E-mail is just not what it used to be. Once a standalone application, e-mail is now just one component among many in today's collaboration suites. Consequently, many IT executives, especially those whose IT spending stalled during the recent recession, are feeling the pressure to use new, feature-laden collaboration suites and to upgrade to servers that can handle ever-increasing waves of e-mail and instant messaging traffic. >> To view this entire Information Architect tip, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci950045,00.html?track=NL-16 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL: How far are you in your migrations to z/OS? >> Go to the homepage and take our poll. CLICK: http://Search390.techtarget.com/?track=NL-16#poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED WHITE PAPER | MS to Linux migration blueprint Opening with a description of an open source initiative in the British government, this white paper discusses many of the issues one would consider in deciding whether to migrate to Linux -- its stability, security, support, documentation, etc. The paper goes on to outline 20 initial steps and 20 initial questions for migrating to Linux, then explains how to integrate Linux and Windows. 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