Free: Parser, Syntax Checker and Interpreter Tools

November 13, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware is now hosting Richard Tsujimoto’s Parser, Syntax Checker and Interpreter Tools. These tools provide a simple means for parsing strings, perform syntax checking and interpreting the parameters and/or values of the parsed strings.
https://www.capitalware.com/psci_overview.html

These tools are written in C for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, IBM i (OS/400) and Windows. For IBM mainframes, the tools are written in assembler and work for all flavors of z/OS (MVS).

Parser, Syntax Checker and Interpreter tools are licensed under Apache License 2.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Excelsior JET Charity Bundle

November 13, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Excelsior have announced the Excelsior JET charity bundle, where you can get the standard edition of Excelsior JET for just $10 (without support), and they contribute all of the money to charity.
www.ExcelsiorJET.com/charity

That’s a discount of over $1,100 from the list price of Excelsior JET Standard Edition. What’s the catch? No support. That’s fine, just read the manual. 🙂

This is a true win-win offer. A charity gets some money and the purchaser gets a perpetual license to Excelsior JET Standard Edition. 🙂

If you are a Java developer or a company that produces Java applications, you should REALLY sit up and take notice of this time-limited offer because when do you ever get to save money AND do the right thing at the same time!!!

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Did Human Intelligence Peak 2000 to 6000 Years Ago?

November 13, 2012 Roger Lacroix

The Independent reports that Professor Gerald Crabtree of Stanford’s Crabtree Laboratory has put forward the iconoclastic idea that rather than getting cleverer, human intelligence peaked several thousand years ago and from then on there has been a slow decline in our intellectual and emotional abilities.

Given what I see on the nightly news, I would have to agree.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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RFE for Adding Security Exit support to WMQ FTE

November 12, 2012 Roger Lacroix

I have created an RFE called “Add security exit support to WMQ FTE”. The RFE ID # is 28410. Please vote for it, so that IBM will add security exit support for WMQ FTE plugin, agents and other FTE components when connecting to a remote queue manager.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=28410

To vote, locate the “RFE Actions” section on the right hand side of the screen and click the vote link. You can only vote once, so we need everyone to vote to get IBM’s attention.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.1.0.2 Released

November 9, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.1.0.2 for WebSphere MQ
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21612438

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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WMQ v7.1 and v7.5 manuals as PDFs

November 9, 2012 Roger Lacroix

After a nice community push for RFE # 21041, IBM has made available WebSphere MQ v7.1 and v7.5 manuals as PDFs. 🙂

WebSphere MQ 7.1 PDFs:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.mq.doc/zo00170_.htm

WebSphere MQ 7.5 PDFs:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wmqv7/v7r5/topic/com.ibm.mq.doc/zo00170_.htm

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQ Batch Toolkit v2.0.2

November 8, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Batch Toolkit v2.0.2. MQ Batch Toolkit allows users to manipulate, monitor and manage messages in a queue of a WebSphere MQ (formally MQSeries) queue manager from a command-line or shell scripting environment.

For more information about MQ Batch Toolkit go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqbt_overview.html

    Changes for MQ Batch Toolkit v2.0.2:

  • Fixed a recursive bug during connection to a queue manager
  • Updated docs (English only)

    • Regards,
    Roger Lacroix
    Capitalware Inc.

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Free IBM e-book: Understanding Big Data

November 7, 2012 Roger Lacroix

IBM is giving away free copies of the e-book: Understanding Big Data: Analytics for Enterprise Class Hadoop and Streaming Data
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=sw-infomgt&S_PKG=500016891&S_CMP=is_bdebook1_bdmicrornav

Big data is going to change the way you do things in the future, how you gain insight, and make decisions (the change isn’t going to be a replacement, rather a synergy and extension). This book to help you get quickly up to speed on this technology and to show you the unique things IBM is doing to turn the freely available open source big data technology into a big data platform.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Ubuntu 12.10 Released

October 18, 2012 Roger Lacroix

Ubuntu has just released Ubuntu v12.10.
http://www.ubuntu.com/

Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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NetBSD v6.0 Released

October 18, 2012 Roger Lacroix

NetBSD Project has just released NetBSD v6.0.
http://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-6/NetBSD-6.0.html

NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. It is available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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