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iSeries Geek Code

The following is the unofficial iSeries extension to "Geek Code" created by Robert Hayden.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS!

OS400

  • OS400++++: I am Frank Soltis
  • OS400+++ : I think in MI. I communicate to all external processes through message queue entries. I am totally system state.
  • OS400++ : Complete mastery of all thing OS/400. I keep my checkbook register in a User Space in the QTEMP library for SCPF.
  • OS400+ : Work Management, Database, Communications, and Security all in one. I can really make this box Rock!!!
  • OS400: We run all our business on this machine. The company needs me.
  • OS400- : I don't know much about that box. It just sits there and runs and I try not to mess with it.
  • OS400-- : I used to work on an IBM midrange. Don't you have to type STRS36ENV to make everything work?
  • OS400---: Isn't OS/400 just another version of AIX?
  • OS400----: I am Bill Gates

RPG

  • RPG++++ : I am Hans Boldt or Barbara Morris
  • RPG+++ : I am Jon Paris or Susan Gatner
  • RPG++ : I'm comfortable with activation groups
  • RPG+ : Procedures are my friend
  • RPG : That new EVAL statement is cool
  • RPG- : RPG IV? What's that?
  • RPG-- : RPG III is the only thing I want to know
  • RPG--- : Nobody needs anything more than RPG II
  • RPG---- : How do you spell RPG?

MI

  • MI++++ : I am Leif Svalgaard
  • MI+++: I am Phil Hall
  • MI++ : I've hacked together a few MI routines and they worked
  • MI+ : I've hacked together a few MI routines and they crashed my system.
  • MI : MI is an interesting concept, but I really don't have any use for it.
  • MI- : Why would anyone want to write machine specific code?
  • MI-- : MI is evil, keep it away from me.

System Values

  • SV+++ : I am Al Barsa
  • SV++ : I know most of the system values off the top of my head
  • SV+ : I know most of the important system values off the top of my head
  • SV : I can find the system values I need to change when necessary
  • SV- : I need to lookup system values in order to change them
  • SV--: I let someone else deal with system values
  • SV---: What's a system value?

Java

  • JAVA++++: I am Blair Wyman
  • JAVA+++ : I am Joe Pluta
  • JAVA++ : My programs invoke Java from within RPG
  • JAVA+ : I'm comfortable using JT400
  • JAVA: Java is a cool language, fun to program, but shouldn't be used where it's not a good fit.
  • JAVA- : I'm waiting for Java to stabilize
  • JAVA--: I hate Java, Java is new, Java is different, Java is evil
  • JAVA---: Leave me be with my RPG II code!

DB2

  • DB2++++: I am John Sears
  • DB2+++: I understand triggers, constraints, and stored procedures
  • DB2++: My database is fairly normalized
  • DB2+: I use SQL in my programs
  • DB2: I don't worry about the database ... it just works
  • DB2-: I have database files with hundreds of join logical files built over them (even though they are just used once a year)
  • DB2--: All my files are internally defined
  • DB2---: I don't trust databases ... I store all my data in a flat file. Oh yeah, backup's are for wimps.

User Groups

  • UG++++: I am Don Rima
  • UG+++ : I present at COMMON on a regular basis
  • UG++ : I attend COMMON on a regular basis
  • UG+ : I attend a local user group meeting on a regular basis
  • UG: I attend a local user group meeting when they have an interesting topic
  • UG-: I don't attend very many user group meetings
  • UG--: My boss doesn't let me attend user group meetings
  • UG---: What's a user group? My company doesn't believe in educating programmers. We still multiply dates by 10000.01.

iSeries Nation

  • ISN+++: I am Malcolm Haines
  • ISN++ : I am a member of the iSeries Nation "Freedom Council"
  • ISN+ : I am a member of iSeries Nation and regularly attend the conference calls
  • ISN: I am a member of iSeries Nation, but don't do anything about it
  • ISN-: I never joined iSeries Nation
  • ISN--: What's iSeries Nation?
  • ISN---: What's an iSeries?

COMMON

  • COM++++: I helped form COMMON around a kitchen table in Chicago in the 1960's
  • COM+++ : I am a present or former COMMON Board Member. I volunteer for everything and stay awake from Sunday morning until Thursday night two weeks out of the year.
  • COM++ : I wear 5 or more ribbons, give 8 or more sessions, and have won 3 speaking awards. I haven't missed a COMMON in years.
  • COM+ : Look! I got a red star!! This fall I'm going to present another session!
  • COM : I go to COMMON, I learn what I need to, I take it back to my work.
  • COM- : Im there just for the Expo. My flight home is Tuesday at 2:00pm
  • COM-- : There are sessions during the day??? I spent all day Monday and Tuesday recovering from my CUDS hangover.
  • COM--- : Yeah, I went to a COMMON once. Didn't understand what they were all talking about. Saw one good session about Van Gogh, though.
  • COM---- : What's COMMON? My company doesn't believe in educating programmers. We still multiply dates by 10000.01.

Security

  • SEC++++: I'm at Level 50, Group Profiles, Exit Programs & full auditing
  • SEC +++ : I run Level 40 and Exit programs.
  • SEC++ : I've created the QAUDJRN
  • SEC+ : We've done a little bit of object level authority
  • SEC: What's wrong with Level 30?
  • SEC- : I don't load ODBC drivers on users PCs
  • SEC-- : We just use Menu Security
  • SEC--- : I trust my users, they wouldn't break anything.
  • SEC---- : Everybody has *ALLOBJ so I don't get security complaints

Reliability

  • REL++++: I am an iSeries with a High Availability solution
  • REL+++ : I am an iSeries.
  • REL++ : Big Iron baby! OS390 rules!!!
  • REL+ : We're still running our old Stratus, parts are a little hard to find though.
  • REL: We run AIX, nothin' wrong with that.
  • REL- : Linux on Intel. Sometimes you just gotta boot the box.
  • REL-- : With Win2K, my PC locks up less than once a week.
  • REL--- : I like adventure, I'm helping Microsoft debug WinXP
  • REL---- : Ya know, one of these days I'm going to get Win 3.1 and Client access to co-exist on this 386 machine!

Upgrades

  • UPG+++: I lost power during an upgrade once ... but the system recovered nicely
  • UPG++: My upgrades have always gone smooth as silk, no problems at all.
  • Need ideas
  • UPG----: I am Joe Pluta

Linux

  • L++++ : I am Linus Torvalds
  • L+++ : I have multiple linux LPAR's running on my system along side native OS400
  • L++ : I use Linux as my primary operating system ... I use TN5250 to logon to the iSeries
  • L+ : I prefer Linux to Windows
  • L : I'm comfortable with Linux but use Windows for my primary development environment
  • L- : Linux is a OK, but not really that applicable to my enviornment
  • L-- : Linux is a fad
  • L--- : I hate linux with a passion ... long live .NET!
  • L---- : I am Bill Gates

Credits

  • Security, Reliability, & Common: John Earl
  • OS400: David Gibbs & John Earl
  • And the rest: David Gibbs

Send suggestions or modifications to david@midrange.com