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 Feb 25, 2021 6:30:00 AM
We have some excellent news for those of you still hanging on to old ASP.NET Web Forms apps. Finally there's an alternative to rewriting them from scratch to get off …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jan 26, 2021 5:00:00 AM
Let's talk Silverlight--specifically how the heck do you get off it without pulling all your hair out? Well, because Silverlight is SO old, perhaps we need a brief refresher before …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 18, 2020 1:09:37 PM
"Apollo 11 photo of Buzz Aldrin by Neil Armstrong" by Apollo Image Gallery is marked with CC PDM 1.0buzz Congratulations to SpaceX on successfully transporting four astronauts to the ISS …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 10, 2020 6:00:00 AM
How crazy has this month been, eh? Well, allow me to divert your attention for a few moments of respite. Today the .NET Foundation is announcing general availability of NET …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 2, 2020 1:16:27 PM
One of my colleagues just told me about a conversation he had with a major financial institution. Would it shock you to learn that VB6 is still running in some …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Sep 23, 2020 6:00:00 AM
I've got a 1 TB hard drive with a directory called "Projects" that is over 200 GB of stuff, most of which I could probably ditch. I've got VB6, C#/Winforms, …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 28, 2020 5:00:00 AM
Note: this is part 5 (and the end) of an on-going series about digital transformation in the time of pandemics. You can read part 1 here. Part 2. Part 3 …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 26, 2020 5:30:00 AM
It's no secret that Microsoft has dumped Silverlight like last week's leftover catfish. As of Oct. 12, 2021, there is no further support for Silverlight, which today is confined to …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 19, 2020 5:00:00 AM
VBUC version 8.3 now supports .NET Core and is available for download today. There's a lot to unpack there, so let's get started. VBUC (Visual Basic Upgrade Companion) is, of …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jul 27, 2020 5:15:41 PM
VB.NET: we have to talk. Remember how great it was when we first met VB.NET? I couldn't stop thinking about you, how easy it was to write a Windows app …
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