Author Archives: Roger Lacroix

My name is Roger Lacroix and I am a die hard programmer. I have been programming since the 80s. My favorite programming languages are Java, C and Rexx. I have worked in the airline, retail but I have spent most of my time doing middleware work in the financial services industry. In 1994, I was introduced to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) and I thought it was the next best thing since man created fire. This blog will be about IBM MQ, Java, C, Rexx and any other interesting items that I can think of. I hope you enjoy it.

WebSphere MQ FixPack 7.0.1.6 Released

August 3, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released FixPack 7.0.1.6 for WebSphere MQ. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21507302&myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSFKSJ&mync=R Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Java SE 7 Released

July 30, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Oracle has released Java Standard Edition version 7. http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/444374 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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U.S. Dept. of Defense offers up tiny, secure Linux distribution

July 25, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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U.S. Dept. of Defense offers up tiny, secure Linux distribution http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/u-s-dept-of-defense-offers-up-tiny-secure-linux-distribution-20110722/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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PuTTY v0.61 Released

July 13, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Simon Tatham has just released PuTTY v0.61 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Free, limited-edition e-book: Systems Engineering for Dummies

July 13, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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IBM is giving away free copies of the e-book: Systems Engineering for Dummies https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=swg-rtl-sd-wp&S_PKG=eb_sys-eng-dummies Learn what systems engineering is, and how it can help you speed time to market, improve business agility, and develop and deliver smarter, higher-quality, more connected products while cutting costs. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SupportPac MO71 v7.0.2 Released

July 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Paul Clarke of IBM has released version 7.0.2 of SupportPac MO71. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24000142 Changes: WebSphere MQ V7.0.1 support. Multiple Queue Manager list support. Sizeable list dialog areas. Show object name in entryfield rather than dropdown. Set default browse message range#. Auto update of lists on change action. MO71 Authority changes. Browse message selector added. New set() […]

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Capitalware products and HP-UX on Itanium (IA64)

July 8, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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For the record, Capitalware will support all of its commercial and open source products on HP’s HP-UX for Itanium (IA64) for as long as customers require it. By no means am I taking sides in the HP/Oracle war, I’m just stating what Capitalware’s support position is. If you want to read about the HP/Oracle Itanium […]

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Java 7.0 Preview Release

July 8, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Oracle has issued the first release candidate of Java Standard Edition version 7. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/ea-jsp-142245.html Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Thunderbird 5.0 Released

July 7, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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Mozilla/Mozilla Labs has just released Thunderbird v5.0 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ The latest version of Thunderbird has the following changes: More responsive and faster to start up and use. Thunderbird is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 5 engine. New Add-ons Manager. Revised account creation wizard to improve email setup. New Troubleshooting Information page. Tabs can now be […]

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MQ Visual Edit and WMQ v7 local queue manager

July 6, 2011 Roger Lacroix
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The current and previous releases of MQ Visual Edit are designed to work with any version of an WMQ remote queue manager (i.e. connecting in ‘client mode’). If the user has WMQ v6 server installed on their PC, MQ Visual Edit can connect in either ‘bindings mode’ or ‘client mode’ to the local queue manager. […]

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