Monthly Archives: April 2011

Ubuntu 11.04 Released

April 30, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Ubuntu has just released Ubuntu v11.04. http://www.ubuntu.com/ 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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WebSphere MQ FixPack 7.0.1.5 Released

April 27, 2011 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.0.1.5 for WebSphere MQ. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006037 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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New: MQRC2-GUI v1.0.1 and MQRC2 v1.1.1

April 25, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQRC2-GUI v1.0.1 and MQRC2 v1.1.1. Updates for MQRC2-GUI v1.0.1: Added code to perform better number checking for Reason Code and AMQ Message Number fields Fixed an issue with reason codes 2424 to 2539 and 6100 to 6129 Updates for MQRC2 v1.1.1: Fixed an issue with [...]

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MQFM: Submit your code changes

April 20, 2011 Roger Lacroix

I am in the process of updating the open source project MQ File Mover (MQFM). I would like everyone who has modified MQFM source code to submit their changes (now), for the upcoming release. It will be far easier to merge the changes before the next release than after the release. Please submit any and [...]

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New: PyMQI v1.2 – Python interface to WebSphere MQ

April 19, 2011 Roger Lacroix

PyMQI allows users to connect Python applications to WebSphere MQ queue managers. It can be used to develop test harnesses for WebSphere MQ based systems, for rapid prototyping of WebSphere MQ applications, for development of administrative GUIs or for mainstream MQ application development. PyMQI has been used in production environments for several years on Linux, [...]

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Oracle drops OpenOffice

April 19, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Oracle is dropping OpenOffice and returning it to a community-based open source project. Oracle will no longer offer a commercial version of Open Office. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars Interesting. Oracle won the battle for OpenOffice but lost the war and now concedes defeat. It was a nice David and Goliath story. It is good to see David win [...]

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New: MQRC2-GUI v1.0.0

April 15, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQRC2-GUI v1.0.0. MQRC2-GUI is an application that can interpret an MQ reason code number (i.e. 2035), MQ reason code symbol (i.e. MQRC_OBJECT_IN_USE) or AMQ message number (i.e. AMQ4005) and display the relevant information from the WebSphere MQ Messages manual. MQRC2-GUI requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) [...]

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New: MQRC2 v1.1.0

April 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQRC2 v1.1.0. MQRC2 is an application that can interpret an MQ reason code number (i.e. 2035), MQ reason code symbol (i.e. MQRC_OBJECT_IN_USE) or AMQ message number (i.e. AMQ4005) and display the relevant information from the WebSphere MQ Messages manual. Updates for this release: Ported the [...]

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New: Message Multiplexer v1.4.0

April 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of Message Multiplexer (MMX) v1.4.0. Message Multiplexer is an application that will get a message from a queue and output it to one or more queues. The context information is maintained across the message put(s). Updates for this release: Added GetWithConvert keyword Enhanced commit/backout processing Created [...]

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New: Message Router v1.1.0

April 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of Message Router (MRTR) v1.1.0. Message Router is an application that will move a message from a central queue to a specific application queue. The destination queue that the message will be placed into will be based on a keyword in the message. Context information is [...]

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