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DB2 History 101: Version 5

(Willie Favero) In the grand scale of things, DB2 Version 5 was kind of boring. Sure, it has its high point. Unfortunately though, its high points in comparison to what happened in DB2 V4, DB2 V3 and DB2 2.3, Version 5 was on the milder side. Of course, after DB2 Version 4 we all needed a releas

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Editorial Thoughts for Today

Asynchronous Programming We have been talking about the expansion of the number of CPUs in a single server, and the impact it has on software and software strategies. I started off talking about parallel programming. As David mentioned in the reader’s feedback in the newsletter yesterday, the biggest issue with parallel threads is when you have to share memory. One […]