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In This Issue
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Grab your beverage of choice, get comfortable, and read this newsletter.
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How Is the iSeries Linux Market Shaping Up?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
After all the noise that people (myself included) made about supporting Linux on the iSeries platform a few years ago, people are still trying to figure out what to do with Linux on the iSeries. And they are doing so in a near vacuum of information about how other companies are using Linux on the iSeries or other eServer platforms. But IBM, which is pushing the most Linux iron right now, has a very good idea what is going on. READ MORE >
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J.D. Edwards Says OneWorld Claims Are Ancient History
by Alex Woodie
J.D. Edwards announced its first-quarter financial results two weeks ago, but instead of the ERP giants' return to profitability, the story making the rounds concerned the legal action that has been taken against J.D. Edwards by at least 10 of the earliest adopters of the OneWorld ERP suite. J.D. Edwards acknowledges that OneWorld had problems when it started shipping in 1998, but says those problems have all been resolved, and vigorously defends the quality of the software it's shipping today. READ MORE >
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IBM Promises Quadruple Performance with Power5 Servers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The code name of the future Power5 servers from IBM was changed some time in the past few weeks. "Armada" servers, kickers to the current "Regatta" Power4-based machines sold in the iSeries line, are now being called the "Squadron" family of servers. At PartnerWorld in New Orleans two weeks ago, Bill Zeitler, the executive in charge of IBM's Systems Group, said the Power5 machines will offer four times the performance of the current Regatta boxes. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Reader Feedback on Applying Cumulative PTFs
by Joe Hertvik
In last week's column, I provided a checklist for applying OS/400 PTFs. That checklist spawned some additional reader comment that caused me to reevaluate some of my statements and to learn a few additional tricks about applying cumulative PTFs. Here's what I learned, thanks to an active and involved readership. READ MORE >
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As I See It: Caring Leadership--The Leader As Servant
by Victor Rozek
Recently a friend and I went out for dinner at a reasonably fashionable restaurant. When the waitress came to our table we noticed she was quite young and new to her profession, but she was also very earnest and eager to please. We ordered wine and off she went only to return sans wine but with an apology: "Sorry, we're out of the wine you requested." She stood there anxiously, shifting from foot to foot, so I smiled and asked what she might recommend instead. She glanced at the wine list and beamed: "I recommend the cesspool." READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More. . .
Excellent Web-Based iSeries Upgrade Tool Available from IBM . . . IBM and Michigan State to Launch Supply Chain Research Lab . . . ASNA and Crimson Team to Develop Native Hooks into iSeries Apps . . . Tangent Gets Value-Add from IBM for iSeries Credit and Fraud Detection Apps . . . ValiCert and Tumbleweed, Developers of Secure Data Transfer Technology, to Merge . . . Expect IBM's Express Family to Grow in Second Quarter . . . IBM Enhances Storage for SMBs . . . READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and your insights into the OS/400 market. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. We will consider your letter a candidate for the reader feedback column associated with this newsletter, but we will contact you before we make your email public. READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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