Trump’s Tariffs

President-elect Trump has said that after he is sworn into office, he will be placing tariffs on a variety of goods:

he would impose a 10% to 20% tariff on all imports, including tariffs as high as 60% to 100% for goods from China.

Capitalware Inc. is a Canadian company but we may get a double whammy of tariffs. There are a lot of USA companies in Canada, who bring all of their goods for both USA and Canada through USA ports. Hence, they will be hit with tariffs. Many Canadian companies find it is cheaper for them to have their shipments go through the USA. Hence, the tariffs will be applied regardless of the final destination!!

If Canada retaliates against Trump’s tariffs, I would be willing to bet that President-elect Trump will up the ante.

So, all of these tariffs will cause prices to raise. How high, I do not know (i.e. 25% or 50% or 100%). Life is about to get expensive for Capitalware.

Therefore, I’m sorry to say, that Capitalware will likely have to raise prices of its products. I haven’t made a decision yet, it will totally depend on President-elect Trump actions. If he follows through on his words then yes, there will be a substantial price hike. This will affect all customers, not just USA and/or Canadian customers.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, etc… and a Happy New Year. 🙂

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Enhancement to MQMR

Capitalware has an MQ solution called MQ Message Replication (MQMR).

MQ Message Replication will clone messages being written (via MQPUT or MQPUT1 API calls) to an application’s output queue and MQMR will write the exact same messages to ‘n’ target queues (‘n’ can be up to 100). When MQMR replicates a message both the message data and the message’s MQMD structure will be cloned. This means that the fields of the MQMD structure (i.e. PutTime, MessageId, CorrelId, UserId, etc..) will be exactly the same as the original message’s MQMD structure.

Recently, a customer wanted to duplicate messages from Temporary Dynamic Queues. The problem is that Temporary Dynamic Queues usually have a set of random numbers after a prefix value. i.e. AMQ.6734F2FC25BBE503

MQMR was designed handle a complete queue name.
i.e.

[Q:TEST.XYZ.Q]
AddSourceInfo = Y
TargetQueues=TEST.XYZ.COPY01.Q;TEST.XYZ.COPY02.Q;TEST.XYZ.COPY03.Q

The customer said that they tried starting the application, quickly getting the Temporary Dynamic Queue name then setting it in MQMR’s IniFile but the problem is that as soon as the application is restarted or closes and re-opens the Temporary Dynamic Queue then MQMR will be using the wrong queue name for duplicating messages.

The customer said that the prefix for the Temporary Dynamic Queue is a known value. i.e. AMQ.ABC.*

Hence, I decided to make an enhancement to MQMR so that it supports wildcards in the queue/section name in the MQMR IniFile.
i.e.

[Q:AMQ.ABC.*]
AddSourceInfo = Y
TargetQueues=AMQ.ABC.COPY01.Q;AMQ.ABC.COPY02.Q

Of course, this also means that the MQAdmin can now specify wildcards in any type of queue name. i.e. local, remote, alias & cluster
i.e. local queue

[Q:TEST.HR.*.Q]
AddSourceInfo = Y
TargetQueues=TEST.HR.COPY01.Q;TEST.HR.COPY02.Q;TEST.HR.COPY03.Q

If anyone would like to test out the latest release then send the email to support@capitalware.com

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Share-IT / Digital River aka MyCommerce

I have been a merchant with Digital River’s subsidiaries since 2003. First with RegSoft then SWReg and now with Share-IT. The platform has always worked reasonable well, it’s not perfect but it did get the job done.

In August, I got an email saying that Capitalware was not under the current terms of service. For 21 years, Digital River would mail me a check around the 15th of the month for the previous month’s sales. The email said I would be paid roughly 45 days after the end of the month plus there were new fees. I figured ok fine, the accountants are just doing a little “nickel & dime-ing” for a little extra money.

Today, I read the following article and freaked out:
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/15/digital_river_runs_dry_hasnt/

The article implies that Digital River may be entering a liquidation process.

I’m owed thousands and thousands of dollars and as a small business, I cannot afford to take that kind of hit.

Therefore, as of right now, I have disabled all Share-IT (aka MyCommerce) links (Buy Now button) on Capitalware’s web pages.

I’ll be looking into a new ecommerce platform. Of course, this is a terrible time for this to happen as next week is IBM TechXchange conference. If you need to make an online purchase, just send an email to sales@capitalware.com to request a payment link and I will set up a temporary PayPal link for you to make the purchase.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Ubuntu 24.10 Released

Canonical has just released Ubuntu v24.10.
https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole

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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OpenBSD v7.6 Released

Theo de Raadt has just released OpenBSD v7.6.
https://www.openbsd.org/76.html

The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ v9.4.0.5 Fix Pack Released

IBM has just released IBM MQ v9.4.0.5 Fix Pack:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-94-lts

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ End of Service Dates

So, what version of IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) are you running? Are you behind in upgrading your release of MQ?

Everybody “should be” running IBM MQ v9.2, v9.3 or v9.4, if you want support from IBM.

In case it has slipped your mind, here is a list of IBM MQ releases and there end of service dates:

Note: IBM v9.3 and v9.4 do not yet have end of service dates.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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IBM has announced IBM MQ 9.4

IBM has just announced IBM MQ 9.4 for multi-platforms and IBM MQ on Cloud:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.3?announcement=mq-940

IBM MQ 9.4 will be available for electronic download on June, 18, 2024.

Note: Under “Statement of general direction” it says:
– Make LTS versions of MQ for z/OS and MQ Appliance firmware available.
– Enable Federal Information Processing Standard (140-3) compliance in IBM MQ.
– Enable .NET 8 runtime compatibility in MQ for Multiplatforms.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Ubuntu 24.04 Released

Canonical has just released Ubuntu v24.04.
https://ubuntu.com/blog/whats-new-in-security-for-ubuntu-24-04-lts

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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