Operating systemsYou just have to love this sub-headline from MC Press Online's article about the upcoming i5/OS V6R1: Will it be the Joy of Six (V6, that is) or the Annoy of Six?
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Product recommendations or warnings, System i hardwareTimothy Prickett Morgan at IT Jungle has put together a great resource for older AS/400 and iSeries shops that are thinking about upgrading to a System i model. Heck, the resource is great for those who aren't thinking about...
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Programming, System i softwareRPG expert Paul Tuohy says the longtime programming language -- whose history dates back to the days of punchcards -- is anything but ancient and insists that IBM won't let it die off. But...
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Databases, System i softwareExcel Program Inventions has upgraded its Database Assistant software for the System i to include Control Language (CL) support and a feature to generate SQL for changed files. Version 2.2 of EPI's database change management software, called Database Assistant,...
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Open SourceDo you use open source software on your System i? Here is an opportunity to give back to the open source community. Tech book publisher No Starch Press is auctioning a copy of its new pub,
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System i softwareLawson Software is bringing 64-bit support to HP-UX and AIX on its S3 ERP software, but i5/OS folks are going to have to wait. Lawson has quite a few S3 software users on the System i platform,...
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Operating systems, System i softwareDoes i5/OS need a native graphical user interface (GUI)? Does it already have one? Much of the talk about GUIs on System i -- whether it is native on i5/OS or through applications -- usually revolves around making the platform easier and more attractive to use for the newbies. Check out these...
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System i hardware, System i revenueFor what has now been eight quarters in a row -- that's two years -- IBM System i revenues have dropped in year-over-year comparisons. You would think at some point that the platform's revenue would have hit the bottom of the...
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Web sites/resourcesLooking for a way to read up on System i resources without slogging through pages upon pages of Google results? Welcome to del.icio.us, the social bookmarking site. This...
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System i softwareDavid Vasta over at the System i Addict has an enthusiastic recommendation for upgrading to Lotus Notes 8, along with an enthusiastic thumbs-down to Microsoft Outlook and...
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