Archive for the Category: Open Source

Very Cool: PortableApps.com

February 10, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I just came across PortableApps.com and was amazed by what I found. I have no idea how I have never heard of them before now!! (It has been around since 2004.) http://portableapps.com PortableApps.com is the world’s most popular portable software solution allowing you to take your favorite software with you. A fully open source and […]

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Mozilla Firefox 10.0 Released

January 31, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v10.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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Advanced Workflow with MQ File Mover (How To #6)

January 16, 2012 Roger Lacroix

And now for something completely different. 🙂 In this blog posting, I will show you how to create an MQFM Workflow to do something other than move files with MQ. Lets say you have an online backup service or a cloud service where you want to backup important files to. So lets create an MQFM […]

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FreeBSD v9.0 Released

January 12, 2012 Roger Lacroix

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has just released FreeBSD v9.0. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/announce.html FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms. FreeBSD’s code base has undergone over thirty years of continuous development, improvement, and optimization. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. FreeBSD provides advanced networking, impressive […]

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Watching a Directory and Sending Files with MQ File Mover (How To #5)

January 12, 2012 Roger Lacroix

In this blog posting, I will show you how to configure MQ File Mover to watch a directory for new files and send the new files immediately. In this example, MQ File Mover will connect to the queue manager in “client mode”. In the MQ File Mover’s Watch Action, the user can specify all files […]

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NASA launches code.nasa.gov

January 11, 2012 Roger Lacroix

NASA just launched code.nasa.gov to “continue, unify, and expand NASA’s open source activities.” You can browse NASA’s open source projects, the first 4 projects are now available: OpenMDAO – a Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization framework written in Python World Wind – a 3D interactive world viewer created by NASA’s Learning Technologies project Vision Workbench […]

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ProGuard v4.7 Released

December 21, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Eric Lafortune has just released ProGuard v4.7. http://proguard.sourceforge.net/ ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier. It detects and removes unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It optimizes bytecode and removes unused instructions. It renames the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. Finally, it preverifies the processed code […]

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Mozilla Firefox 9.0 Released

December 21, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v9.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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Answers to Some Very Common MQ File Mover Questions

December 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Q: Does MQ File Mover require Java? Yes, MQ File Mover requires Java v1.5 or higher (no, it will not work with Java v1.3 or v1.4) Q: Does MQ File Mover support platform XXX ? MQ File Mover is supported on AIX, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows (plus any […]

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Sending Extremely Large Files with MQ File Mover (How To #4)

December 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

In this blog posting, I will show you how to send an extremely large file (i.e. 1GB) when connecting to the queue manager in “client mode”. From a user’s perspective, sending a 1GB file is done exactly the same way as sending a 1KB file. For files greater than 4MB, MQFM’s Send and Watch Actions […]

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