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.

Barry Lamkin Sessions at MQTC

June 11, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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I received the list of sessions for Barry Lamkin. Here are Barry Lamkin’s sessions: The top ten issues in WebSphere MQ and WebSphere MB Tracking Transactions across Heterogeneous Environments For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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HP to discontinue OpenVMS

June 10, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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HP has announced that OpenVMS will be discontinued: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/10/openvms_death_notice/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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$1M To Solve Beal Conjecture

June 6, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Andrew Beal Offers $1 Million To Solve His Math Problem, Beal Conjecture Remains Unsolved Since 1980s: http://www.ibtimes.com/andrew-beal-offers-1-million-solve-his-math-problem-beal-conjecture-remains-unsolved-1980s-1292837 Beal’s Conjecture: If Ax + By = Cz, where A, B, C, x, y and z are positive integers and x, y and z are all greater than 2, then A, B and C must have a common […]

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Mark Taylor and Morag Hughson Sessions at MQTC

May 28, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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I received the list of sessions for Mark Taylor and Morag Hughson. Here are Mark Taylor’s sessions: What’s New in WebSphere MQ Extending the MQ Explorer WebSphere MQ Disaster Recovery WebSphere MQ Internals, Performance and Tuning for Distributed Platforms Here are Morag Hughson’s sessions: Basic MQ Application Programming WebSphere MQ V7 Enhanced Application Programming WebSphere […]

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‘Meet the Experts’ session at MQTC

May 27, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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I have received several requests to do a ‘Meet the Experts’ session at MQTC. So, I have decided to schedule a single ‘Meet the Experts’ session at 4:00PM on Tuesday (September 24th). It will be an informal session where attendees can ask MQ related questions. Obviously not all speakers will be available as other sessions […]

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MQSCX beta announced

May 24, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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MQGem Software Limit, run by Paul Clarke, has just announced a beta of his first product called MQSCX: http://www.mqgem.com/mqscx.html Extended MQSC (MQSCX) is a program which performs a similar function to the RUNMQSC program but improves on its usability, particularly when used in interactive mode. Many of the frustrating elements of RUNMQSC have been removed […]

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Mark Taylor and Morag Hughson will be Speaking at MQTC

May 23, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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More great news. Mark Taylor of IBM and Morag Hughson of IBM will be speaking at Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3 (MQTC). The information for Mark Taylor and Morag Hughson’s sessions will be posted in the near future. For more information about MQTC, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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NetBSD v6.1 Released

May 20, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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NetBSD Project has just released NetBSD v6.1. http://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-6/NetBSD-6.1.html NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. It is available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.7.17 Released

May 20, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.7.17. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Mozilla Firefox 21.0 Released

May 14, 2013 Roger Lacroix
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Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v21.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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