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.

Upgrading to WordPress 5.2 and my Issue

May 14, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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For a few weeks, the WordPress Dashboard has been reminding me to upgrade to WordPress 5.2. So, I finally decided to upgrade but then I found out there was a new requirement: PHP 5.6.20. My web server was running PHP 5.4.45. So, I contacted HostGator (Capitalware’s hosting company) about upgrading PHP. They said they could […]

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Released

May 13, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Red Hat has just released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0. https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2019/05/07/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-now-generally-available/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86, x86-64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM Z, and desktop versions for x86 and x86-64. All […]

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Fedora 30 Released

April 30, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Fedora Project has just released Fedora 30. https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-30/ Fedora is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora contains software distributed under various free and open-source licenses and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies. Fedora is the upstream source of the commercial Red Hat […]

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Customer Prefers MQ Visual Edit V1 Look and Feel

April 26, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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The other day I received an email from a customer who said they preferred the display of MQ Visual Edit V1 rather than how MQ Visual Edit V2 is displayed. MQ Visual Edit V1 MQ Visual Edit V2 I designed MQ Visual Edit V2 to provide as much information to the end-user on the main […]

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Ubuntu 19.04 Released

April 18, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Canonical has just released Ubuntu v19.04. http://releases.ubuntu.com/19.04/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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SQLite v3.28.0 Released

April 17, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.28.0. 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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IBM MQ for HPE NonStop V8.1 is now available

April 11, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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IBM MQ for HPE NonStop V8.1 is the follow-on offering to MQ for HPE NonStop V8.0 and also the next release for clients who follow the Continuous Delivery (CD) releases. https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/3/897/ENUS219-093/index.html Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.1.0.2 Released

April 10, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.1.0.2 for IBM MQ V9.1 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879379 and for IBM i: https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10880085 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.0.0.6 Released

March 28, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.0.0.6 for IBM MQ V9.0 LTS https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10876306 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Swift 5 Released

March 26, 2019 Roger Lacroix
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Ted Kremenek of Apple has announced release of Swift 5: https://swift.org/blog/swift-5-released/ Swift 5 is a major milestone in the evolution of the language. Thanks to ABI stability, the Swift runtime is now included in current and future versions of Apple’s platform operating systems: macOS, iOS, tvOS and watchOS. Swift 5 also introduces new capabilities that […]

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