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April 2010

[13-Apr-2010]
How to do dates right in DCL: How not to do dates in DCL (and how to do it correctly). (128 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[09-Apr-2010]
It's CSS naked day again: For information as to why the design is missing from the site today, see the Annual CSS Naked Day website. (20 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[07-Apr-2010]
Release date restored to patch cover letters: I'm happy to report that with the help of Sujatha Ramani and Vivek Sharanappa in OpenVMS Engineering, the release date is again an intergral part of OpenVMS patch cover letters. (59 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[01-Apr-2010]
Update: I've been very quiet on here for the last couple of months. This is due to me attempting to pick up as much information as I possibly can about the new job before the last really dedicated OpenVMS resource retires (which is happening this afternoon). (204 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

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SAN Design with Brocade Switches: Tricks and traps when implementing a multi cluster SAN solution.
Planning for and installing a GS160: Considering the purchase of a Wildfire system? This article describes the site prep and some partitioning thoughts.
Pros and cons of gigabit ethernet: What factors need to be taken into account when switching to gigabit ethernet?
Reading a traceback dump: How to track down runtime errors in OpenVMS applications code.
Detecting and correcting alignment faults in OpenVMS IA64: How to detect potential alignment fault issues.
DCL coding standards: A personal set of standards for coding procedures in DCL.
Class scheduling: An introduction to class scheduling on OpenVMS.
Login speedups: How to do fast login procedures with 3GLs

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