Month: February 2024

​[[{“value”:”This is is somewhat related. Wondering if anyone else watched the tv show, FBI Most Wanted, S5E1?
I’m pretty sure they used an IBMi SEU session to show a couple pages of what they alleged was satellite movement code. It looked to me more like COBOL source code for some kind of parts list printing or order processing for an inventory management system. Did anyone else catch this?
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​[[{“value”:”Like all of you, we have been watching with great interest as Big Blue transitions the IBM i software stack and Power10 hardware to cloud-like, utility-style subscription pricing. We have watched how each part of the IBM i stack has been transformed from the perpetual (and sometimes user) license pricing scheme with Software Maintenance to a subscription.
As far as we know, and as we reported back in September 2023 when the subscription pricing for the IBM i P05 and P10 software tiers was revealed, March 26, 2024, is supposed to be the last day you will be able to …
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​[[{“value”:”The cloud isn’t just for startups anymore. Businesses of all sizes and industries, including those reliant on IBM i systems, are recognizing the transformative power of cloud computing. Modernization is key to staying competitive, and that often means embarking on a cloud migration journey. While the concept may seem daunting, it doesn’t have to be.
This guide empowers IBM i beginners to understand the process, address common concerns, and navigate a successful migration with the help of experts.
From Apprehension To Excitement
For IBM i users, questions and anxieties regarding cloud migration are natural. Security remains a top concern, with …
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​[[{“value”:”The four pillars of object-oriented programming (OOP): abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism, were not created at a single point in time. They evolved gradually over several years, with contributions from various researchers and programmers. Here’s a brief overview of their evolution:

Abstraction:

Alan Kay is credited with introducing the concept of abstraction in the 1960s with his work on Simula.
Abstraction gained further traction with the development of Smalltalk in the 1970s.

Encapsulation:

David Parnas, in his 1972 paper “On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules,” laid the groundwork for encapsulation by emphasizing the importance of

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​[[{“value”:”If you want to trace the roots of Big Blue back to the beginning, you start with Herman Hollerith at Columbia University and the punch card tabulating machines he created and that were ultimately used in their first big commercial application to do the calculating for the US Census in 1890.
Back then, mainframes were made of wood, copper, and paper, and in 1911, Hollerith’s punch card machine business, known as the Tabulating Machine Co, were united with the Dayton Counter Scales, Dayton Industrial Scales, and International Time Recorder machines that were part and parcel of the Industrial Revolution. The …
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