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Retraction and an apology for my article in the January/February 2009 issue of the ISUG Technical Journal

The article I submitted (migration to Oracle from Sybase and surviving in the workplace) was so very different as to the article that was published.  My piece was too controversial for ISUG to release (Sybase to Oracle) so it was changed, not be me and not by the editor.  It became a weird Unix to [...]

ISUG Technical Journal Sep/Oct 2008 is out! Includes my “Perl in the Shell” article

The ISUG Technical Journal Sep/Oct 2008 is out.
This issue contains:

Sybase IQ and Sybase WorkSpace Part II By Mike Crocker
Perl in the shell By Jason Froebe
Taming the process nightmare: Consolidating a Horde of Process Diagrams with PowerDesigner By Mike Nicewarner
Information overload: Weapons-grade data analysis comes of age By Teresa Foster
Maximizing PowerBuilder and SQLAnywhere Part III SQLAnywhere, [...]

The July/August issue of the ISUG Technical Journal is out! Also known as the “TechWave” issue

Dear ISUG Member,

ISUG is pleased to announce that the special TechWave issue of the ISUG Technical Journal is now available.  Green and Gold members can access the issue online at http://my.isug.com/p/do/sd/sid=1308&type=0 (Gold members will also receive the printed copy within the next 2-4 weeks.)

Basic and Associate Members can see an abstract of the issue, containing [...]

Vote for Adrian Bridgwater for Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards 08

Not only is Adrian Bridgwater a blogger for ZDNet UK’s Core Techs, he is the editor for the ISUG Technical Journal.  He has been nominated for a Computer Weekly IT Blog Award.  Please go cast a vote for our Adrian!
Computer Weekly IT Blog Award -> Programming and technical blogs -> Adrian Bridgwater: Software [...]

ISUG Reminder: Vote for the ISUG Technical Journal Awards

Dear ISUG Member,
Don’t forget that June 30th is the last date to vote for the annual ISUG
Technical Journal Awards that will be presented at TechWave in Las
Vegas:
http://my.isug.com/p/su/rd/sid=31
Also, June 30th is the last day to renew your membership at the current pricing if you are an individual member:
http://my.isug.com/register.php?renew=1
Don’t forget to select your local or regional user [...]