Re: Keeping up RPG skills

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel, I don't envy you this change. It would be a strain on me to keep 
up with IBM i and also concentrate on the new job.

Still, here are some ideas.

You can get free use of a machine at pub1.de - it is at v5r3, so nothing 
really current now.

That is the new address for the rzkh free offering. There are various 
for-cost offerings at rzkh.de

The basic free offering gives you 50MB of disk - there is an expert 
offering for 60 euro annual with 250MB, and a developer offering with 
1GB for 150 euro annual.

The fee-based offerings start at 199 euro for a 6.1 or 7.1 system with 4 
libs and 1GB - other details at rzkh.de in the pricing list PDF there.

There are other fee-based offerings that have been mentioned in these 
lists - I think you could take a look at www.idevcloud.com - contact 
them there for pricing details.

And if you could come up with a product idea for IBM i, you could always 
join partnerworld - then you'd have free access to a virtual loaner at 
the most recent release levels.

There are a couple IBM sites for modernization - they would be a pretty 
static thing, with guided tutorials and all - so maybe not much use.

You COULD attend webinars and labs offered by COMMON and others - of 
course, they are usually during the day, so they'd get in the way of 
your new job.

HTH
Vern

On 3/5/2014 5:28 AM, Joel Harvell wrote:
> Good Morning Ya'll
>
> I will be starting a new job soon, where I will not be working on an
> Iseries or programming in RPG.  Is there way or website where I can work on
> my skills??
>
>
> Have a Blessed Day
>
> Joel B. Harvell
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