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Slightly Skeptical View on Tivoli Redbooks

News Recommended Links Redbooks Catalog in Alphabetical Order Redpapers, Draft and Technotes

There are just too many Tivoli-related Redbooks. Most are outdate. Very few are good.

This page is a modest attempt to extract some useful information from this monstrous number: most Redbooks are only marginally useful and full of IBM-speak, when nothing can be explained without introducing several definitions and providing a couple of useless tables.  Here are links to some Tivoli Redbooks in alphabetical order (borrowed from IBM site in early 2005, not up-to-date):

Table of contents

Part 1. The outlet environment
Chapter 1. The challenges of managing an outlet environment
Chapter 2. The Outlet Solution overview
Chapter 3. The Outlet Systems Management Solution Architecture
Part 2. Management solution implementation
Chapter 4. Installing the Tivoli Infrastructure
Chapter 5. Creating profiles, packages and tasks
Part 3. Putting the solution to use
Chapter 6. Deployment
Appendix A. Configuration files and scripts
Appendix B. Obtaining the installation images
Appendix C. Additional material

Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z

IMHO among the most useful TEC Redbooks are the following:

NEWS CONTENTS

Old News ;-)

Old News ;-)

[Mar 5, 2009] IBM Redbooks Implementing a Tivoli Solution for Central Management of Large Distributed Environments

Deploying and managing distributed systems in hundreds or thousands of branch banks and retail stores, called outlets, requires careful planning of the automation to cope with the sheer numbers of systems involved.

This IBM Redbook demonstrates how to architect, establish, and configure a Tivoli systems management environment that supports the central management of thousands of outlet systems based on the open United Linux platform.

The main focus of this book is to provide step-by-step instructions, sample scripts, and code to install and deploy the core Tivoli products that enable the organization to:

- Deploy and maintain distributed application solutions
- Monitor availability and performance of remote systems, middleware components and applications
- Perform diagnostics and troubleshooting of remote system and application components to resolve availability
or performance issues
- Gather metrics to document performance levels

This book is intended for IT professionals with a basic understanding of the core Tivoli product set and who are responsible for deploying a Tivoli management infrastructure.

IBM Redbooks Deployment Guide Series IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager

15 September 2005

IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager controls software distribution and asset management inventory in a multiplatform environment. It is designed for configuration, distribution, change, version, and asset management in a distributed computing environment. Working on top of IBM Tivoli Management Framework, IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager provides an integrated solution for managing complex, distributed enterprise environments.

This IBM Redbook introduces the IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager logical and physical components and covers detailed planning and implementation steps to deploy IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager in small-to-medium and large-sized environments, including IBM AIX 5L, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and IBM OS/400 systems.

In addition, we talk about best practices, advanced customization, and tuning topics for IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager.

This IBM Redbook will be useful for IT specialists responsible for implementing IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager V4.2.x in customer environments.

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager
Chapter 2. Installation planning
Chapter 3. Installation of IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager in a small/medium enterprise
Chapter 4. Installation of IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager in a large enterprise
Chapter 5. Extra components
Chapter 6. Enterprise Directory integration
Chapter 7. IBM Tivoli Web Gateway for Web User Interface
Chapter 8. Tuning and best practices
Appendix A. Microsoft security checklist
Appendix B. Scripts referenced in the book
Appendix C. Additional material

Redbooks - Integrating IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler with Tivoli Products

This IBM Redbook explains the benefits and technical merits of integrating IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed and IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS with other IBM products. Scheduling is a mission critical process for any company. However,...
URL: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG246648.html?...

[May 3, 2007] Redbooks on Tivoli Redbooks Collection

Oldies but Goodies
Tried and Tested

[Feb 24, 2006] IBM Redbooks Getting Started with IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 on Distributed Environments

The IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1 solution is the next generation of the IBM Tivoli family of products that help monitor and manage critical hardware and software in distributed environments. IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 has emerged from the best of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 5 and OMEGAMON technologies. Integration of these products creates a unique and comprehensive solution to monitor and manage both z/OS and distributed environments.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 is easily customizable and provides real-time and historical data that enables you to quickly diagnose and solve issues with the new GUI via the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Portal component. This common, flexible, and easy-to-use browser interface helps users to quickly isolate and resolve potential performance problems.

This IBM Redbook covers planning, architecture, tuning, implementation, and troubleshooting of IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1. In addition, we offer scenarios for migration from Distributed Monitoring 3.7, and IBM Tivoli Monitoring 5.X coexistence with IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1.

This book is targeted for IT specialists who will be working on new IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 installations on distributed environments or implementing migration from Distributed Monitoring 3.7 or IBM Tivoli Monitoring 5.X coexistence.

[Feb 24, 2006] IBM Redbooks Deployment Guide Series IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1

This IBM Redbook focuses on the planning and deployment of IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1 in small to medium and large environments.

The IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 solution is the next generation of the IBM Tivoli family of products that help monitor and manage critical hardware and software in distributed environments. IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 has emerged from the best of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V5 and OMEGAMON technologies. Integration of these products makes a unique and comprehensive solution to monitor and manage both z/OS and distributed environments.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 is easily customizable and provides real-time and historical data that enables you to quickly diagnose and solve issues with the new GUI via the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Portal component. This common, flexible, and easy-to-use browser interface helps users to quickly isolate and resolve potential performance problems.

The target audience for this book is IT Specialists who will be working on new IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 installations.

[Oct 5, 2005] Some potentially useful recent Redbooks:

TMF Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide / Troubleshooting endpoints

When determining problems with the endpoint, it is important to remember that the endpoint operates in conjunction with two other components of the Tivoli environment: the endpoint manager and the gateway. Therefore, you need to assess the state of several Tivoli Management Framework components when troubleshooting endpoints: the endpoint itself, the gateways it can connect to, and the endpoint manager that is on the Tivoli server.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Redbooks Catalog in Alphabetical Order

http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/library/

IBM Redbooks An Introduction to Tivoli Enterprise

Reference

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z

A

IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Business Integration
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems
Tivoli ADE (Application Development Environment)
Tivoli AEF (Application Extension Facility)
IBM Tivoli AF/Operator
IBM Tivoli AF/REMOTE on Windows NT
IBM Tivoli Alert Adapter for AF/REMOTE
IBM Tivoli Alert Adapter for OMEGACENTER Gateway for MVS
IBM Tivoli Alert Adapter for Peregrine ServiceCenter
IBM Tivoli Alert Adapter for Remedy ARS
IBM Tivoli Alert Adapter for Tivoli/Enterprise Console
IBM Tivoli Alert Adapter for TME 10 NetView for AIX
IBM Tivoli Allocation Optimizer for z/OS
IBM Tivoli Analyzer for Lotus Domino
Tivoli Application Performance Management
Tivoli Application Software Expert
Tivoli AS/400
IBM Tivoli Automated Tape Allocation Manager for z/OS
Tivoli Availability Intermediate Manager
IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager

C

IBM Tivoli Candle Installation Documentation
IBM Tivoli CandleNet Command Center
IBM Tivoli CandleNet ETEWatch
IBM Tivoli CandleNet Portal
IBM Tivoli Candle Products Messages
IBM Tivoli Command and Control
IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager
IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager for Automatic Teller Machines

D


Tivoli Data Exchange
Tivoli Data Protection for Informix
Tivoli Data Warehouse
Tivoli Decision Support
Tivoli Decision Support for Event Management
Tivoli Decision Support for Lotus Domino
Tivoli Decision Support for Network Element Performance (UNIX)
Tivoli Decision Support for Network Event Analysis (NT)
Tivoli Decision Support for Network Segment Performance (UNIX)
Tivoli Decision Support for Server Performance Prediction
Tivoli Decision Support for Software Deployment Analysis
IBM Tivoli Decision Support for z/OS
Tivoli Destiny
IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator
IBM Tivoli Directory Server
Tivoli Distributed Monitoring
Tivoli Distributed Monitoring ARM Agents

E


IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console
IBM Tivoli ETEWatch Customizer
IBM Tivoli ETEWatch for Citrix MetaFrame
Tivoli Expert Administrator
Tivoli Expert Advisor
Tivoli Expert Distributed Data Manager
Tivoli Expert Evolution
Tivoli Expert Foundation Manager
Tivoli Expert Mail Agent
Tivoli ExpertView

I

IBM Tivoli Identity Manager
Tivoli Information/Management
IBM Tivoli Information Management for z/OS
IBM Tivoli Integrated Resource Manager
Tivoli Integration Toolkit
IBM Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator
IBM Tivoli IntelliWatch Pinnacle for UNIX
Tivoli Inventory

J


IBM Tivoli Java Collector

K

Tivoli Kernel Services

L


IBM Tivoli License Manager

M

Tivoli Management Framework
Tivoli Management Solution for Domino
IBM Tivoli Management Solution for Exchange
Tivoli Management Solution for Microsoft SQL
Tivoli Manager for DB2
Tivoli Manager for Domino
Tivoli Manager for Informix
Tivoli Manager for Message Queue Server
IBM Tivoli Manager for Microsoft Exchange
IBM Tivoli Manager for Microsoft SQL Server
Tivoli Manager for MQSeries
Tivoli Manager for Oracle
Tivoli Manager for R/3
Tivoli Manager for Siebel eBusiness
Tivoli Manager for Sybase
Tivoli Manager for WebSphere Application Server
Tivoli Migration
Tivoli Module Builder
Tivoli Module for Oracle
IBM Tivoli Monitoring
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Applications
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Business Integration
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Databases
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Messaging and Collaboration
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Microsoft .NET
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Performance
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Web Infrastructure

N


IBM Tivoli NetView
Tivoli NetView Access Services
Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager for MVS
Tivoli NetView File Transfer Program (FTP)
Tivoli NetView for OS/390
IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS
IBM Tivoli NetView Performance Monitor

O

IBM Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway for MVS
IBM Tivoli OMEGACENTER Status Manager for MVS
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON Alert Manager for HP OpenView IT/Operations
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON Alert Manager for HP OpenView NNM
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON Alert Manager for Tivoli/Enterprise Console
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON DE for OS/390
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON for VM
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for CICS
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for DB2
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for DBCTL
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for IMS
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for Mainframe Networks
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for MVS
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for SMS
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for VTAM
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON Monitoring Agent for eBA Solutions
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for BEA WebLogic Server
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICSPlex
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for DB2
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for DB2 on z/OS
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for DB2plex
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for DB2 Universal Database
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for IBM Cryptographic Co-Processors
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for IMS
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for IMSplex
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Linux on zSeries
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Microsoft SQL Server
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Oracle
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for OS/390
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for OS/390 USS
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for OS/400
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for R/3
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Storage
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Sybase
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Sysplex
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Tuxedo
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for UNIX
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for WebSphere Application Server
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for WebSphere Application Server for OS/390
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for WebSphere Integration Brokers
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for WebSphere InterChange Server
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for WebSphere MQ Configuration
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for WebSphere MQ Integrator
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for WebSphere MQ Monitoring
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Windows Servers
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Windows Servers with Active Directory Support
IBM Tivoli OMEGAVIEW
Tivoli Operations Planning and Control
Oracle Applications Extended Agent
IBM Output Manager for z/OS

P

IBM Tivoli PathWai Editor for Messages
IBM Tivoli PathWAI Performance Analyzer
IBM Tivoli PathWAI Secure for WebSphere MQ
IBM Tivoli PathWAI Web Availability Monitor
IBM Tivoli Performance Modeler for z/OS
Performance Reporter for OS/390
Tivoli Plus
Tivoli Plus for AutoSys
Tivoli Plus for BoKS
Tivoli Plus for Challenger
Tivoli Plus for DAZEL
Tivoli Plus for NetWorker
Tivoli Plus for OmniGuard
Tivoli Plus for PSM
Tivoli Plus for Scopus
Tivoli Plus for SeOS
Tivoli Plus for ServiceCenter
Tivoli Plus for Vantive
IBM Tivoli Point-of-Sale Manager
Tivoli Policy Director for MQSeries
IBM Tivoli Privacy Manager for e-business
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager
Tivoli Public Key Infrastructure

R


IBM Tivoli Remote Control
Tivoli Reporter
IBM Tivoli Risk Manager

S

Tivoli SANergy
Tivoli SecureWay First Secure
Tivoli SecureWay Global Sign-On
Tivoli SecureWay Policy Director
Tivoli SecureWay Privacy Manager
Tivoli SecureWay Security Manager
Tivoli SecureWay Trust Authority
IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager
IBM Tivoli Self-Service Terminal Manager
IBM Tivoli Service Level Advisor
Tivoli Software Distribution
Tivoli Software Installation Service
IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager
Tivoli Storage Management Decision Support Loader
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Application Servers
Tivoli Storage Manager for AS/400
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Hardware
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail
Tivoli Storage Manager for MVS and OS/390
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for OS/390 and z/OS
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for OS/400 PASE
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery
Tivoli Storage Manager for VM
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Messages and Problem Determination
Tivoli Storage Manager Program Directories S/390
Tivoli Storage Network Manager
IBM Tivoli Storage Optimizer for z/OS
IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for Chargeback
IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for Databases
IBM Tivoli Switch Analyzer
IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms
IBM Tivoli System Automation for z/OS

U

IBM Tivoli Universal Agent
Tivoli User Administration

W

IBM Tivoli Web Access for Information Management
IBM Tivoli Web Response Monitor
IBM Tivoli Web Segment Analyzer
Tivoli Web Services Analyzer
Tivoli Web Services Manager
IBM Tivoli Web Site Analyzer
IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for Applications
IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for Virtualized Data Centers

Redpapers, Drafts and Technotes

To learn more about Redbooks and Redpapers, click here.

ITBSM 2.1 interface to IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console, TIPS0162
Technote, published 12 May 2003
Using Databases with Tivoli Applications and RIM, SG24-5112-00
Redbook, published 6 July 1998
Resource Monitoring using Tivoli Distributed Monitoring (Advanced Edition) 4.1, TIPS0018
Technote, published 1 July 2002
IBM Tivoli Risk Manager 3.8 and the TEC Database, REDP-0320-00
Redpaper, published 2 August 2002
Tivoli Enterprise Management Across Firewalls , SG24-5510-02
Redbook, published 18 November 2002, last updated 16 December 2002, Rating: (based on 4 reviews)
IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler Version 8.2: New Features and Best Practices, SG24-6628-00
Redbook, published 3 November 2003, last updated 12 February 2004, Rating: (based on 10 reviews)
An Introduction to Tivoli Enterprise, SG24-5494-00
Redbook, published 5 October 1999
Implementing Tivoli Distributed Monitoring 4.1 Advanced Edition, TIPS0019
Technote, published 1 July 2002
Managing Storage Management Tivoli Enterprise integration with Tivoli Storage Manager, SG24-6117-00
Redbook, published 27 October 2000
Problem Management Using Tivoli Service Desk and the TEC, SG24-5301-00
Redbook, published 16 November 1998
Instrumenting Enterprise Applications Using Tivoli GEM, SG24-5399-00
Redbook, published 9 August 1999
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Databases Database Management Made Simple, SG24-6613-00
Redbook, published 23 October 2002, Rating: (based on 2 reviews)
An Introduction to Tivoli's TME 10, SG24-4948-01
Redbook, published 1 October 1997
TME 10 Global Enterprise Manager Event/Automation and User Administration, SG24-4921-00
Redbook, published 5 December 1997
Tivoli Application Performance Management Version 2.0 and Beyond, SG24-6048-00
Redbook, published 4 February 2002
Introducing IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Web Infrastructure, SG24-6618-00
Redbook, published 24 December 2002
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 5.1: Advanced Resource Monitoring, SG24-5519-02
Redbook, published 3 October 2002, Rating: (based on 5 reviews)
Troubleshooting a Problem on Tivoli Enterprise Console to a
IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager Connection
, TIPS0163
Technote, published 30 April 2003, last updated 7 May 2003
IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager 2.1 Components' Interconnection, TIPS0157
Technote, published 30 April 2003, last updated 8 May 2003
IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager: A Practical Introduction, SG24-6848-01
Redbook, published 5 September 2003, last updated 11 September 2003
Tivoli Web Solutions: Managing Web Services and Beyond, SG24-6049-00
Redbook, published 28 January 2002
IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager: A Practical Introduction, SG24-6886-01
Redbook, published 20 August 2003, Rating: (based on 1 review)
Managing AS/400 with Tivoli Enterprise, SG24-5517-00
Redbook, published 27 April 2000
Introducing Tivoli Application Performance Management, SG24-5508-00
Redbook, published 2 December 1999
Designing Tivoli Solutions for End-to-End Systems and Service Management, SG24-5104-00
Redbook, published 1 July 1999
Introducing IBM Tivoli Service Level Advisor, SG24-6611-00
Redbook, published 19 July 2002, Rating: (based on 1 review)
On demand Operating Environment: Managing the Infrastructure, SG24-6634-00
Redbook, published 27 April 2004
Installing and Configuring IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Databases, TIPS0078
Technote, published 24 October 2002


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Quotes

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Bulletin:

Vol 25, No.12 (December, 2013) Rational Fools vs. Efficient Crooks The efficient markets hypothesis : Political Skeptic Bulletin, 2013 : Unemployment Bulletin, 2010 :  Vol 23, No.10 (October, 2011) An observation about corporate security departments : Slightly Skeptical Euromaydan Chronicles, June 2014 : Greenspan legacy bulletin, 2008 : Vol 25, No.10 (October, 2013) Cryptolocker Trojan (Win32/Crilock.A) : Vol 25, No.08 (August, 2013) Cloud providers as intelligence collection hubs : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2010 : Inequality Bulletin, 2009 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2008 : Copyleft Problems Bulletin, 2004 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2011 : Energy Bulletin, 2010 : Malware Protection Bulletin, 2010 : Vol 26, No.1 (January, 2013) Object-Oriented Cult : Political Skeptic Bulletin, 2011 : Vol 23, No.11 (November, 2011) Softpanorama classification of sysadmin horror stories : Vol 25, No.05 (May, 2013) Corporate bullshit as a communication method  : Vol 25, No.06 (June, 2013) A Note on the Relationship of Brooks Law and Conway Law

History:

Fifty glorious years (1950-2000): the triumph of the US computer engineering : Donald Knuth : TAoCP and its Influence of Computer Science : Richard Stallman : Linus Torvalds  : Larry Wall  : John K. Ousterhout : CTSS : Multix OS Unix History : Unix shell history : VI editor : History of pipes concept : Solaris : MS DOSProgramming Languages History : PL/1 : Simula 67 : C : History of GCC developmentScripting Languages : Perl history   : OS History : Mail : DNS : SSH : CPU Instruction Sets : SPARC systems 1987-2006 : Norton Commander : Norton Utilities : Norton Ghost : Frontpage history : Malware Defense History : GNU Screen : OSS early history

Classic books:

The Peter Principle : Parkinson Law : 1984 : The Mythical Man-MonthHow to Solve It by George Polya : The Art of Computer Programming : The Elements of Programming Style : The Unix Hater�s Handbook : The Jargon file : The True Believer : Programming Pearls : The Good Soldier Svejk : The Power Elite

Most popular humor pages:

Manifest of the Softpanorama IT Slacker Society : Ten Commandments of the IT Slackers Society : Computer Humor Collection : BSD Logo Story : The Cuckoo's Egg : IT Slang : C++ Humor : ARE YOU A BBS ADDICT? : The Perl Purity Test : Object oriented programmers of all nations : Financial Humor : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2008 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2010 : The Most Comprehensive Collection of Editor-related Humor : Programming Language Humor : Goldman Sachs related humor : Greenspan humor : C Humor : Scripting Humor : Real Programmers Humor : Web Humor : GPL-related Humor : OFM Humor : Politically Incorrect Humor : IDS Humor : "Linux Sucks" Humor : Russian Musical Humor : Best Russian Programmer Humor : Microsoft plans to buy Catholic Church : Richard Stallman Related Humor : Admin Humor : Perl-related Humor : Linus Torvalds Related humor : PseudoScience Related Humor : Networking Humor : Shell Humor : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2011 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2012 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2013 : Java Humor : Software Engineering Humor : Sun Solaris Related Humor : Education Humor : IBM Humor : Assembler-related Humor : VIM Humor : Computer Viruses Humor : Bright tomorrow is rescheduled to a day after tomorrow : Classic Computer Humor

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