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.

Windows 10 for Raspberry Pi 2

February 2, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will be supported on Raspberry Pi 2 Model B and it will be FREE. Yes, that is correct. Windows 10 will be free for Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/raspberrypi2support http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/Windows-Developer-Program-for-IoT I’m thinking that the new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is going to be a hot commodity, so […]

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New Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Released

February 2, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released a new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. http://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/ Specifications: A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU 1GB RAM 4 USB ports 40 GPIO pins Full HDMI port Ethernet port Combined 3.5mm audio jack and composite videov Camera interface (CSI) Display interface (DSI) Micro SD card slot VideoCore IV 3D graphics […]

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LibreOffice 4.4 Released

January 30, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Document Foundation has just released LibreOffice v4.4.0. http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/01/29/libreoffice-4-4-the-most-beautiful-libreoffice-ever/ LibreOffice is a comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreOffice users worldwide, and it’s available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux […]

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What a Wonderful Day It Is!!!

January 21, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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With the price of a barrel of oil taking a nose dive, so too has the Canadian dollar. For the last 2 months, the business reporters keep saying the “new lower dollar” is good for exporters. They always talk about exporters of steel, cars, hard goods, etc.. but they never talk about the “software exporters” […]

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MQTC v2.0.1.5 Silver Sponsor: NetFlexity

January 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware would like to announce that NetFlexity is a Silver Sponsor of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC). For more information, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Call for Speakers for MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5

January 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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We are looking for speakers on any product/service that uses IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) for “MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5” (MQTC). The sessions are to be technical in nature and on any subject so long as it relates to MQ. We offer speakers the conference fee for free and we also pay for […]

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PDF for Beginners on WebSphere MQ for zOS

January 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Over at mqseries.net, someone posted a link to a PDF for beginners on WebSphere MQ for z/OS. It is from the IBM SWG Wildfire Workshops and is subtitled “From Zero to z/Hero” (funny!). Here is the link to it: http://gseimis2.gse.org/staticcontent/eventforms/WebSphere_MQ_on_zOS_Beginner.pdf Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQTC v2.0.1.4 Session Web Page

January 19, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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If you are looking for the MQTC v2.0.1.4 Session web page with all the links to the PDFs for the MQTC v2.0.1.4 sessions, it was renamed to http://www.mqtechconference.com/sessions_v2014.html And the MQTC v2.0.1.3 Session web page with all the links to the PDFs for the MQTC v2.0.1.3 sessions is at: http://www.mqtechconference.com/sessions_v2013.html Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.8.8 Released

January 16, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.8. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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T.Rob Wyatt, Barry Lamkin, Chris Frank and Tim Zielke will be Speaking at MQTC

January 15, 2015 Roger Lacroix
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Well, the MQTC announcement day is off to a bang. 🙂 T.Rob Wyatt of IoPT Consulting will be back doing interesting sessions on MQ at Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.5 (MQTC). Barry Lamkin and Chris Frank of IBM received approved to be a speakers at MQTC. Tim Zielke of AON said he will be back […]

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