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Volume 9, Number 39 -- December 16, 2009
Four Hundred Guru is taking a holiday hiatus. We will resume publishing on January 6, 2010. Happy New Year!
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Encouraging Mere Mortals
Hey, Ted:

You've got to be kidding, right? I've generally thought you were trying to show better approaches for coding issues. Are you advocating falling back to bad fixed-format techniques? The only conclusion that makes sense is that you're testing the waters to see if anyone's paying attention. Or just trying to drum up traffic to your site. READ MORE >

Miscellaneous Comments from Readers
by Ted Holt

One of the best parts of writing for this newsletter is hearing from the readers. Whether what you write is laudatory or not, I appreciate your wisdom and your willingness to share it with me, and I regret that I'm not able to answer every email I receive. To end the year, here are some of your comments, with my replies or comments in italics, for the benefit of fellow readers. READ MORE >



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When i5/OS Backups Keep You Waiting
Hey, Joe:

We recently watched our month-end backup drag on forever. Occasionally, a job log message would appear saying that an object was in use and couldn't be opened. Do the i5/OS backup commands 'wait' on locked objects? Does that mean if several objects are in use, the backup wastes time waiting, or does it save other objects until it times out waiting for the locked items? READ MORE >


Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights.  Feel free to send a letter to the editor.  Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


 
Senior Technical Editor: Ted Holt
Technical Editor: Joe Hertvik
Contributing Technical Editors: Erwin Earley, Brian Kelly, Michael Sansoterra
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The Four Hundred
Power Systems i: Serve's Up

Abacus Offers i 6.1 Upgrade Virtual Test Drive Service

The Server Market Sees Some Stability

As I See It: What's Next?

Untested Backup and Recovery Fools Midrange Shops

Four Hundred Stuff
Data Masking Tool from Camouflage Now Supports DB2/400

Manhattan Keeps Commitment Strong to System i Products

Apptio Tailors BI Software for the IT Department

Micro Focus Emulation Software Brings Windows 7 Support, New Interface

Property Tax Records Kept Safe, Thanks to i365

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
Full iSeries Events Calendar

System i PTF Guide
December 12, 2009: Volume 11, Number 50

December 5, 2009: Volume 11, Number 49

November 28, 2009: Volume 11, Number 48

November 21, 2009: Volume 11, Number 47

November 14, 2009: Volume 11, Number 46

November 7, 2009: Volume 11, Number 45

October 31, 2009: Volume 11, Number 44

TPM at The Register
AMD cuts to the core with 'Bulldozer' Opterons

Verari Systems staff join alumni network amidst 'restructure'

Sun brews up Java EE 6

Red Hat opens up Spice desktop virtualisation protocol

IBM punts Linux-only mainframes

Europeans spend more on servers in Q3

IBM builds Pacific ring of cloud

ParAccel flashes data warehouses

Sun-Oracle x86 server combo tops the SAP charts

Intel Larrabee letdown leaves HPC to Nvidia's Fermi

Red Hat revs real-time MRG Linux to 1.2

IBM thinks outside the box with containerized data centres

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Encouraging Mere Mortals

Miscellaneous Comments from Readers

When i5/OS Backups Keep You Waiting

Four Hundred Guru

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