Author Archives: Roger Lacroix

My name is Roger Lacroix and I am a die hard programmer. I have been programming since the 80s. My favorite programming languages are Java, C and Rexx. I have worked in the Airline, Retail but I have spent most of my time doing middleware work in the financial services industry. In 1994, I was introduced to IBM MQ (aka WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) and I thought it was the next best thing since man created fire. This blog will be about IBM MQ, Java, C, Rexx and any other interesting items that I can think of. I hope you enjoy it.

Piss Off Trolls, Spammers and All Other Creepy People

November 25, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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A couple of weeks ago, I had a bright idea for a future project, so I registered a domain name. Since then, I have received over 50 emails, 8 text messages and over 12 phone calls, offering their services for web design. Enough is enough, you bunch of trolls. Stop wasting my time with this […]

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IBM MQ V9.2.4 Announced

November 17, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.2.4: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/8/899/ENUSLP21-0278/index.html Highlights: MQ 9.2.4: – Intelligent workload rebalancing with updates to uniform clusters – Security enhancements that build on the existing robust security mechan – MQ client support for new Java™ 11 runtimes – MQ client support for Java 17 runtimes – Updates to improve usability of the IBM […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.2.0.4 Released

November 11, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.2.0.4 for IBM MQ V9.2 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6514427 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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And Now for Something Completely Different.

November 9, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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I love that line from Monty Python which is from the film of the same name. Last week, someone emailed me about running MQ Visual Edit on Microsoft Surface Pro X. For those who don’t know, the Surface Pro X comes with a Microsoft SQ1 or SQ2 ARM processor. Yes, ARM CPU and not an […]

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MQ Visual Edit V3.2.0 Released

November 5, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Edit v3.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Edit V2/V3. MQ Visual Edit allows users to view, manipulate and manage messages in a queue and/or topic of an IBM MQ queue manager and presents the data in […]

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MQ Visual Browse V3.2.0 Released

November 5, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Browse v3.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Browse V2/V3. MQ Visual Browse allows users to view messages in a queue and/or topic of an IBM MQ queue manager and presents the data in a simplified format […]

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MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.2 Released

November 4, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.2. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Batch Toolkit. MQ Batch Toolkit allows users to manipulate, monitor and manage messages in a queue of an IBM MQ (formally WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) queue manager from a command-line […]

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MQTT Message Editing Suite V1.1.0 Released

November 4, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQTT Message Editing Suite V1.1.0. MQTT Message Editing Suite (MMES) application allows users to subscribe, publish, edit, copy, delete, forward, backup, restore, import and export messages of a topic of an MQTT Broker. The messages of a topic are presented in a table format similar […]

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Oracle Flip Flops on Commercial Licensing for Java

November 2, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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Yup, as the subject line says, Oracle has flip flopped on how Oracle is licensing Java for commercial use. Introducing the Free Java License Oracle Java SE Licensing FAQ Oracle’s JDK 17 – Free Again for Commercial Use This FAQ pertains to Oracle Java SE releases starting April 16, 2019 and has been updated to […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.0.0.12 Released

October 29, 2021 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.0.0.12 for IBM MQ V9.0 LTS https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-mq-90012 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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