Life

VPN and connecting to the UK internet from other countries

Virtual Private Networking is a technique that allows you to connect to the Internet from one country but *look* like you are connected from another country. I use this a lot when traveling – I get persistently annoyed by some provincial on line services (the BBC TV website is a prime example) that only let …

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IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Programming, RPG, Software Change Management

RPG3 RPG400 RPGLE in all its glorious free format styley

Last night I was asked what the differences between RPG versions were: RPG3 RPG400 RPGLE: IBM have gone out of their way to make the version naming and releases differences so quirky, dirty and convoluted that I’m not even sure they know what to call the current incarnation of this beautiful programming language. Anyhooo, here’s …

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