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From the Editor:
What should Big Blue do? |
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Featured Topic:
Top 10 programmer tips |
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Expert Technical Advice:
* Featured expert: Dwight Beech, programmer tip writer
* Need help sending e-mail from the 400
* "CLEAR" advantage over resetting work fields
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Site Highlights:
* Submit a tip -- win a prize
* WebSphere Strategies tips
* Stay informed of industry events |
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by Kate Evans-Correia, senior news editor
What should Big Blue do?
A few weeks ago, Search400.com ran a poll asking users what they think the most controversial issue facing the iSeries community is. As it turned out, 40% of the respondents said it was IBM's marketing of the iSeries. The results of another poll about iSeries price cuts were also pretty significant. While we did get a handful of responses saying that there is concern about investing in a new iSeries, no matter how inexpensive, the poll results were a bit more positive -- at least for IBM. Nearly 75% said the price cuts were enough to buy a new box -- or at least give it some serious thought. And another poll indicated that there are a lot of users out there who are fighting the "Windows creep" because upper management is forcing them to convert to the platform.
Sum up all these responses and what becomes clear is that despite all its current efforts, IBM has a long way to go before convincing users and potential users and the big guys that control the purse strings that the iSeries is a serious box that's going to be around, and supported, for a long time.
Specifically, what does IBM have to do to convince you that the iSeries is a box worth investing in? If you're already sold, what about upper management or those naysayers from non-iSeries shops? Beyond the TV and mainstream print ads, what's left for Big Blue to do?
Send your responses to Senior News Editor, Kate Evans-Correia at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then take our poll.
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Top 10 programmer tips
by Michelle Davidson, site editor
Looking for programming advice? Get it here. These are the top tips for January through July based on how often people read them. Not only are they popular, but several also made it into our Hall of Fame. Here are tips 6-10. Click over to read them and find out which ones are in the top 5.
10. Programmatically reduce database space
9. View any user's screen
8. Break out of the comfort zone -- Experiment with new technologies
7. What file is the job waiting on?
6. Balance your disk usage for optimum performance
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This Week: In the forums
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Enable user profiles
Is it possible to give a group of supervisors permission to enable a user profile without having the *SECADM in the supervisors' user profiles? "Julieta" says there is a way. Read what she said or post your own suggestion.
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Need help sending e-mail from the 400
Is it possible to use the 400 to send e-mails out without any non-standard software or machinery? "TCDiep" and a couple other users would like to know. Click over if you know the answer.
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Dos and don'ts for *INZSR routines
Is it wrong to put "PARM" or "KLIST" in a *INZSR routine? What do you think? Search400.com expert Laird Scranton and "DcsLee" share their opinions. |
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"CLEAR" advantage over resetting work fields
At times we need to reset the value of work fields, data buffers and screen fields. If a field is an alphanumeric type, then we may move "*BLANKS" when we want it "reset". If a field is numeric, then we may "Zero Add" "*ZEROS" to the field. But the "CLEAR" operation code provides much more flexibility. Search400.com expert John Kohan shows you how to use it. |
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Our WebSphere Strategies tips -- written by top Web development experts Bob Cancilla, Jim Mason and David Slater -- provide ideas & suggestions to help you work with WebSphere and its development tools.
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