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As you begin working with RTC and work items, you’ll find you have similar work items – they have similar titles, or affect the same artifact, etc. You can link work items to others so that as you or the assignee start to work on these items, the owner is aware that whatever he/she does … Read more
Vi is to the Linux/Unix world as ‘edit’ is to MS-DOS. If you use Vi, you are probably aware of vim, which a more robust tool, but very similar. I won’t dive into the whole history – goto Wikipedia for that. Unless you have specifically installed Vim on Ubuntu or modified the .vimrc file on … Read more
Team Concert is such a cool flexible tool, and there are so many features that its easy to miss, yet its easy to get started with. It just ‘grows’ as your environment needs. I learned a few things from this video and and just have to share. I really like that you can edit code … Read more
If you are installing the new Rational Team Concert for Power Systems (RTCp), which is the follow on to RTCi, there are a few common installation issues you might run into. First, be sure and check all the system requirements for the product. RTCp server can be installed on i/OS, AIX, and Windows. I highly … Read more
Now, I am excited. I just got confirmed as a speaker at the Rational conference this June, now dubbed “IBM Innovate”. This makes my fourth straight year of this conference, and my second year presenting. I submitted 3 abstracts, but this is the one that got accepted. Here is my session abstract: Session: PWR-1068A: Spicing … Read more
No, I’m not in the dating marking. Actually we are looking for some help as Strongback is growing these days. I’m posting here since I get much more traffic than the web site. Eventually, we’ll have a careers section. Here are the positions we are considering: Account ExecutiveExperienced sales executive skilled in the ways and … Read more
Last week, IBM announced the new POWER7 architecture chip. I won’t get into the details about the processor technology, but suffice it to say, its packs a punch. The real question, is how does it affect software licensing? These processors come in 4, 6, and 8 core versions, meaning that on an 8 way system, … Read more
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This posted on EdBrill.com just moments ago: Key new features in Symphony 3.0: VB Macros support ODF 1.2 support for improved file interoperability embedded audio/video allows users to add media directly to slides, documents and sheets autotext support to create “chunks” of text that are used frequently and quickly inserted digital signatures redline support — … Read more
This morning, I had to add some patches to my VMWare server (yes, I need to move over to ESX), and needed to reboot. Upon bootup, when trying to get into the Virtual Infrastructure management console, I was presented with the ominus error message “The VMware Infrastructure Web Service at “http://localhost:8222/sdk” is not responding (Connection … Read more