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Grab your beverage of choice, get comfortable, and read this newsletter.
Sponsored By
 WORKSRIGHT SOFTWARE
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Sponsored By
 WORTH CONSULTING
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Pop-Up Windows Made Easy
This iSeries tool lets you easily add pop-up selection windows to your legacy programs.
Super/Windows reduces future program changes, eliminates code validation routines, and gives your users windows to select from valid values.
Existing RPG, COBOL, and CL programs need few changes, with NO changes to display files. Programs are automatically generated to use your current code or table files.
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Open Source OS/400: A Crazy Idea for Crazy Times
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
IBM's chairman and former CEO, Louis Gerstner, has been fond of saying over the years that operating systems are no longer control points in the IT industry. Hence, IBM's very loose grasp on the intellectual property behind OS/400, AIX, and MVS (sarcasm intended). IBM has historically retained tight a control over its operating system code, as if the open source revolution has not swept over the IT landscape. Maybe it is time to change that. Maybe it is time for open source OS/400. READ MORE >
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IBM Offers Deferred Payments on Gear to Boost Sales
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
In tough economic times, credit is what often gives consumers and companies the financial resources they need to keep plugging along, as they acquire goods and services against future revenues. The availability of credit not only helps these consumers and companies who tap into it, but it also helps those organizations extending credit. A number of generous financing deals available today will help IBM in two ways (since it can be a supplier and banker), as well as help Big Blue's customers. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 COMMON
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Choose from over 720 sessions and labs covering a wide range of industry topics. Also receive training from J.D. Edwards, MAPICS, and other vendors.
Don't miss out! Go to www.common.org
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Sponsored By
 KEY INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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Free Backup Analysis
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We have assembled useful reference materials that should be helpful in evaluating different tape scenarios and technologies.
Please visit www.keyisit.com/tapeanalysis/ for a free analysis of your backup strategy from a Certified Storage Specialist at Key.
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I Want, I Want, I Want: An AS/400 Wish List
by David G. Abramowitz
One of the hardest lessons to learn in life is that, if you don't ask for things, there is no other way to get them, short of coincidence or divine intervention. There is an equally valid truism that comes to us through the Rolling Stones, that you can't always get what you want, but if you try some time you get what you need. Mick Jagger is clearly not an AS/400 administrator or programmer. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Dissecting an Option 21 Save
by Joe Hertvik
Being a complicated and robust system, OS/400 offers several different save and restore commands for backup protection of different system components. Unfortunately, this wealth of options sometimes gets confusing, and it's helpful to understand how the pieces of the puzzle fit together. To that end, let's take a few minutes to look at the different components of a typical OS/400 full system backup and how they relate to one another. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 MAXIMUM AVAILABILITY
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Visit www.maximumavailability.com now to download your free trial.
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But Wait, There's More . . .
Look for Our Third Special Report on the New OS/400 V5R2 . . . Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guide . . . OCEAN Opens Registration for Conference and Expo . . . Turbolinux Sells Linux OS Biz to SRA . . . Red Hat Supports AMD's 64-Bit Hammer Chips . . . READ MORE >
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MadDog 21/21: Ootay eBay Orway Otnay Ootay eBay
by Hesh Wiener
In art and in life, people sometimes reach the brink. Hamlet barely managed to get through five acts. Paul Wittgenstein, brother of philosopher Ludwig, withstood stunning tragedies yet lived to a ripe old age. James Stewart's character George Bailey, in It's a Wonderful Life, was about to deep-six himself when an angel intervened. That other Stewart, Martha, is several gloomy thoughts away from a Happy Meal. And the iSeries may have just made a crucial turn for the better. READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights on the OS/400 market. Feel free to send a letter to the editor, and we will post it in a reader feedback column for this newsletter. 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
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