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Click here to access the FREE Search400.com white papers section. http://search400.techtarget.com/whitepapers3/0,,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LEAD STORY DOES ISERIES REPACKAGING HAVE THE RIGHT STUFF? | iSeries Network For the most part, IBM's announcement earlier this week that it was making significant changes to the way it packaged the iSeries was well received throughout the industry. However, there are some users who say they're not jumping for joy until Rochester releases more details about pricing. (Free registration to this site required.) >> CLICK here for story: http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=15942 MORE INFORMATION: Read this recent article: iSeries community pins hopes on Zollar http://www.search400.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid3_gci873633,00.html Will iSeries upgrades lure new users to the platform? Take our poll. http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html IBM VOWS TO PUT MORE MONEY, RESOURCES BEHIND LINUX | eWEEK Steve Mills, IBM senior vice president and group executive in charge of IBM software, said his company is charging full-speed ahead with Linux. The IBM executive spent much of his Thursday morning LinuxWorld keynote rattling off a "who's who" list of companies that are using Linux. Linux is "here, real, deeply embedded and here to stay," he said. SHOCK VALUE GONE FROM MICROSOFT PRESENCE | SearchWin2000.com Unix, not Windows, may be Linux's biggest foe when it comes to establishing a foothold inside the enterprise data center. Microsoft, meanwhile, remains public enemy No. 1 at LinuxWorld, but its presence isn't exactly drawing picket protests. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci876293,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ADDITIONAL NEWS HEADLINES All headlines above and below are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html -- PARTNER PROGRAM FROM IBM ON TAP (eWEEK) -- MS APPEALS JAVA DECISION, USERS AMBIVALENT (SearchWin2000.com) http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci876322,00.html -- IN SYNC WITH PEERDIRECT (SearchDatabase.com) http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci876350,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- RETRIEVE THE DATE OF BIRTH IN CLP | Tip: Search400.com Search400.com member Alex Nubla was faced with the problem of using OPNQRYF to extract a list based on the person's age. According to Alex, The quickest method to get the date of birth, without having to create a service program, is to use the 8870 method. >> CLICK here to view the complete tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci876195,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- MAKE YOURSELF MARKETABLE | Expert Advice: Search400.com Dear Ask the Expert, I'm having a problem in trying to make myself more marketable. I have a very wide range of skills when it comes to the iSeries -- a jack-of-all-trades and a master in a few. Every time I try to sell my skill set, there seems to be a ready-made excuse to discount it. How can I better sell myself? 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Search400.com experts frequent the forums and share their expertise. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84639 >> RECENT DISCUSSION THREADS you may find of interest: * QSYSOPR messages between systems http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84639/1080 * Profiles running under QCTL instead of Qinter http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84639/1078 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Add Mitnick to your buddy list The high priest of hack is back. Make that the former high priest. Kevin Mitnick, after nearly eight years of court-ordered exile from the Internet, has re-entered cyberspace. Mitnick, whose computer crimes against Sun and Motorola got him in hot water in 1995, has already visited his girlfriend's Web site and sent Sen. Joe Lieberman an e-plea for a pardon in case the Connecticut lawmaker makes good on his bid for the White House. 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