Jon's
S3X
career
started
when
he
fell
in
love
with
the
System/
38
while
working
as
a
consultant.
This
love
affair
ultimately
led
him
to
joining
IBM's
Toronto
Laboratory,
where
he
worked
on
the
S/
36,
S/
38
and
AS/
400
COBOL
and
RPG
compilers.
He
played
a
major
role
in
the
definition
of
the
new
RPG
IV
language
and
in
promoting
its
use
with
IBM
Business
Partners
and
users.
He
was
also
heavily
involved
in
producing
educational
and
other
support
materials
and
services
related
to
other
AS/
400
programming
languages
and
development
tools,
such
as
CODE/
400
and
VisualAge
for
RPG.
Jon
left
IBM
in
1998
and
together
with
his
partner
Susan
Gantner,
founded
Partner400,
a
System
i
consulting
company
focused
on
education
and
mentoring
services
in
the
Application
Modernization
arena.
They
co-authored
IBM's
popular
Redbook
for
RPG
programmers,
entitled:
Who
Knew
You
Could
Do
That
with
RPG
IV:
A
Sorcerer's
Guide
to
System
Access
and
More.
They
are
also
technical
editors
and
authors
for
IBM's
iSeries
Magazine
and
regular
authors
for
the
companion
newsletter,
eServer
Extra.
To
see
a
sample
of
their
work,
visit
the
magazine's
web
site
at
www.the400resource.com.
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