June 25, 2008 11:52 AM
Posted by: Leah Rosin
System i careers,
Web sites/resourcesOn the one hand we hear that it is increasingly difficult to find a job working on a 20-year-old system. But we also hear that companies are looking to modernize their...
June 23, 2008 3:56 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
This year, as many of you know, is the 20th anniversary of the introduction of AS/400. This weekend IBM held a big celebration at its campus up in Rochester, Minn. in celebration of the anniversary. But 20 years ago, not everyone was celebrating.
When System/36 and System/38 merged to become the...
June 12, 2008 3:55 PM
Posted by: Leah Rosin
Blogroll,
Programming,
Web DevelopmentOver a year after IBM's new Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) was launched, and following IBM's own iSeries EGL tutorial publication, the
June 12, 2008 8:11 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
BlogrollKind of an old post, but I missed it and so I need to link to it here. It comes from Aaron Bartell and includes the following joke:
The boy Microsoft programmer is smoking and leaving smoke rings into...
June 12, 2008 8:06 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
BlogrollIn the go-ahead-and-smile category, the iDevelop blog came up with a bunch more acronyms beyond YiP (Young i Professionals) and now RiP (Retired i Professionals) to describe various factions of the i community. Here are a couple:
MiPs-–Modern i Professionals-–those who like to stay...
June 12, 2008 7:51 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Operating systems,
System i hardware,
System i softwareThere have been plenty of arguments for and against putting System i on a blade server. Proponents say that being able to have their i, p and x86 servers all in one BladeCenter chassis is a big selling...
June 5, 2008 10:52 AM
Posted by: Leah Rosin
iSeries software,
Open Source,
System managementNecessity is the mother of invention. And so, many System i shops will find themselves inventing new applications to perform necessary business functions. This practice is not limited to end-users, but includes vendors using the AS400 to develop applications and provide support for businesses...
