John started programming computers in the 1970s when you had to use punch cards and wait until tomorrow to get your compile finished. In the ensuing years, he moved from mainframes to PCs and was an early employee at Microsoft, working on multiple products include Visual C++ and Excel. Since joining Mobilize.Net in 2012, he's been focused on helping customers understand their options to modernize legacy software. John and his wife live on a hobby farm near Seattle, WA with three chickens and two Border Collies.
Recent Posts by John Browne:
by John Browne, on Nov 13, 2013 1:00:00 AM
We're excited today to announce the availability of Visual Basic Upgrade Companion 2013, which we're shipping simultaneously with Visual Studio 2013. What's new? The most obvious change is that we …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 31, 2013 4:14:00 PM
I've always been a sucker for the majesty and sheer incomprehensibility of the King James Bible, which of course we were read to as children as though we might actually …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 29, 2013 2:00:00 PM
If in your natural state of eternal optimism you think the Bad Guys have started to slack off, think again. Microsoft's recently released Security Intelligence Report, Volume 15, which you …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 24, 2013 3:06:00 PM
The folks over at VisionMobile have updated their Developer Economics survey with some interesting changes since last year in mobile application development trends and plans. Herewith are a few nuggets: …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 21, 2013 10:50:00 AM
We all know that legacy code is expensive to keep around: Developers who know VB, PowerBuilder, COBOL, RPG and can actually figure out your app's source code and fix/maintain/improve it …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 8, 2013 11:46:00 AM
I don't think there's any debate that software is about as complex as anything on the planet; since the dawn of the computer in the 1940s people as diverse as …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Sep 7, 2013 3:01:00 AM
Looking over a portfolio of legacy applications, it might be relatively easy to identify the ones that clearly need to be modernized, but figuring out to what can be slightly …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 29, 2013 1:35:00 PM
Driving home yesterday I heard a story on All Things Considered about overflowing sewers in Miami. Since my college studies in microbiology had made me familiar with what actually happens …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 7, 2013 5:17:00 PM
As end of support/end of life for Windows XP looms ever closer, kind of like the asteroid in Armageddon, more and more people are trying to figure out what to …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 3, 2013 4:17:00 PM
In a study of customer satisfaction both the Samsung Galaxy SIII and Galaxy Note II bested all of Apple's iPhones measured (4, 4S,and 5). Whoa! Consumers like something else better …
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