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- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeWhen everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.W.S. Gilbert, Gondoliers.So many managers. An employee without a management title will feel overlooked.Murph, you outline the functional groups for your organization based on the leader. That means the effectiveness of each one...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframeumm, good pointI'll change it to electro-mechanical.Thanks!possible error?[i]It was the first successful system designed "from the ground up" to advance automated data processing by replacing the physical cards and associated electro-mechanical gear with purely digital processing and magnetic tape or disk storage,...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- One neck to choke
- One neck to chokeOn the other handLet's say you have Company A that decides to run WebSphere on top of AIX and Company B that decides to run WebSphere on top of RHEL. WebSphere is certified to run on both OSs.Now lets say you have an issue with an...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-04
- Ruling on Novell's Unix assets bolsters OSS, binds Novell and IBM
- Ruling on Novell's Unix assets bolsters OSS, binds Novell and IBMyou missed a few IBM-Novell pointsAs I wrote in May, there are dozens of reasons for IBM and Novell to merge, or IBM to acquire Novell.http://www.abend.org/article.php/20070502082147282For starters, most of the top Novell management are Ex-IBM. Novell controls UNIX, which...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- Beta of Microsoft's antispyware tech falls short in tests
- Beta of Microsoft's antispyware tech falls short in testsAdAware and Spybot were among the also-rans.The comparison was to the results of two other programs. Those programs found more problems, but I'm uncertain so far about the significance.The reason for my patience is the chance for false positives and the...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-08
- Microsoft looks for 'protection' money
- Microsoft looks for 'protection' moneyheres how it sounds...they sell you a boat with holes. then if you want to fix the leaks they will sell you the corks. they know there are holes. you choose, do you want a leaky system or do you want a leaky...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-22
- LeapFrog 1.0 (Mobile)
- LeapFrog is a challenging variation on a classic 5x5-grid peg puzzle.ObjectiveHop the little frogs along rows or columnsmoving the frog with the diamond to the center of the board.The solutions become more complex as the game progresses.How To PlayTap the first frog you want to move (frog A - black...
- Software downloads 2004-06-18
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