Archive for the Category: Programming

Microsoft Launches Free, Unrestricted Version of Visual Studio for Small Teams

November 12, 2014 Roger Lacroix

Microsoft today announced a free, unrestricted version of Visual Studio for small teams called Visual Studio Community 2013: http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/12/microsoft-makes-visual-studio-free-for-small-teams/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Microsoft to Open Source .NET

November 12, 2014 Roger Lacroix

Microsoft today announced that they will be open sourcing the full server-side .NET stack and expanding .NET to run on the Linux and Mac OS platforms. http://news.microsoft.com/2014/11/12/microsoft-takes-net-open-source-and-cross-platform-adds-new-development-capabilities-with-visual-studio-2015-net-2015-and-visual-studio-online/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.8.7 Released

October 17, 2014 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.7. 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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Shortlist of Open Source Software that I Use

September 3, 2014 Roger Lacroix

I read this article today: Shortlist of open source software used at NASA lab and I thought I should do a quick write up of the open source (and free) software that I use. I develop/create software under 3 umbrellas: open source, licensed as free and commercial. About half of the software is written in […]

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SQLite v3.8.6 Released

August 18, 2014 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.6. 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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SQLite v3.8.5 Released

June 5, 2014 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.5. 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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Java Program to Send an MQSC Command to a z/OS Queue Manager

May 9, 2014 Roger Lacroix

The other day I created a C program to send an MQSC command to a z/OS Manager and since I have done the same thing in Java, I thought I would publish a Java program to send an MQSC command to a z/OS queue manager. You can download it as a zip file from here […]

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C Program to Send an MQSC Command to a z/OS Queue Manager

May 7, 2014 Roger Lacroix

I was surfing on mqseries.net today and someone asked for help to fix their program that was attempting to send an MQSC command to a z/OS queue manager. The person had taken someone else’s program that sent a PCF message to a distributed queue manager, twisted and attempted to make it send an MQSC command […]

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GCC v4.9.0 Released

April 29, 2014 Roger Lacroix

GCC v4.9.0. was released http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html The GNU Compiler Collection includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj,…). Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Java 8 Released

March 18, 2014 Roger Lacroix

Oracle has just released Java 8. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8train-relnotes-latest-2153846.html Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as in today’s demanding embedded environments. Java offers the rich user interface, performance, versatility, portability, and security that today’s applicationsrequire. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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