MQTC v2.0.1.7 Platinum Sponsor: IBM

March 20, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware would like to announce that IBM is a Platinum Sponsor of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC).

For more information, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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NetBSD v7.1 Released

March 15, 2017 Roger Lacroix

NetBSD Project has just released NetBSD v7.1.
https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-7/NetBSD-7.1.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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1st Place in Innovative Design at Canadian Engineering Competition

March 15, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Richard Lacroix (son #1) and Jolien van Gaalen won 1st place in the Innovative Design category at Canadian Engineering Competition held last weekend in Calgary, Alberta Canada.

You can read about it here:
http://www.eng.uwo.ca/news/2017/WE_students_CEC_winners.html

So far, they are 3 for 3:

Now, Richard and Jolien have decided to enter the Ericsson Innovation Awards 2017 competition. Good luck. 🙂

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017

March 7, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Microsoft has just released Visual Studio 2017.
https://www.visualstudio.com

Do I need to say any more? If you are a developer then I think you know what Visual Studio is. 🙂

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Mozilla Firefox 52.0 Released

March 7, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v52.0.
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 anticipate likely additions to the standards

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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This is not FAKE News, Believe Me!

March 1, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Believe Me, I love playing Texas Holdem and figuring out the other players tells. This is the funniest video clip I have ever seen, Believe Me. There will be world peace this year, Believe Me.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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New Raspberry Pi Zero W Released

February 28, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released a new Raspberry Pi Zero W.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero-w-joins-family/

    Specifications:

  • 1GHz, single-core CPU
  • 512MB RAM
  • Mini-HDMI port
  • Micro-USB On-The-Go port
  • Micro-USB power
  • HAT-compatible 40-pin header
  • Composite video and reset headers
  • CSI camera connector
  • 802.11n wireless LAN
  • Bluetooth 4.0

The difference between ‘Raspberry Pi Zero’ and ‘Raspberry Pi Zero W’, is that the latter has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and it cost $10 rather than $5.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Nancy Shray will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.7

February 15, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Nancy Shray of Southeastern Grocers will doing a session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC) called “MQ and MQFTE and how they work in Tandem”.

For more information about MQTC, please go to:
http://www.mqtechconference.com

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Lee Wheaton will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.7

February 14, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Lee Wheaton of M&T Bank will doing a session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC) called “The MQ Vienna Listserver: Lessons from the Past”.

For more information about MQTC, please go to:
http://www.mqtechconference.com

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Tim Zielke will be Speaking at MQTC v2.0.1.7

February 14, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Tim Zielke of Aon will doing a session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.7 (MQTC) called “MQ Tools for your MQ Toolkit”.

For more information about MQTC, please go to:
http://www.mqtechconference.com

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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