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 13, 2020 5:12:36 PM
Not going to bury this lead1: Microsoft's latest update has stopped some VB6 apps from working. Yeah. That day we always knew was going to come some day? Well, turns …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Feb 8, 2020 12:51:23 PM
February 6, 2020: Simple question. If you live somewhere other than the state of Iowa, can you find it on a map? I'm going to go with "no." Why? Because …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jan 16, 2020 5:38:15 PM
Alas Windows 7, we hardly knew ye. Actually, not true. We knew ye for almost 11 years, since the launch date was in 2009 and it was the OS that …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Dec 20, 2019 12:07:56 PM
Spoiler alert: this has nothing to do with app modernization. Frankly I'm a little ashamed to admit how many books are in my "to read" pile, which used to overwhelm …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 25, 2019 10:55:18 AM
Microsoft Ignite is the largest (in attendance) Microsoft event; we were there with a big jar of Peanut M&Ms (r). You can see it here a little better: And you …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 14, 2019 7:00:00 AM
I know, I know. You still haven't waded through all the archived sessions from last month's .NET Conf and here I am talking about Ignite, which is only about a …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Sep 23, 2019 6:06:00 AM
If you develop for Windows you have to know about .NET Core (and if you don't develop for Windows why the heck are you reading this blog?). Well, in case …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 21, 2019 1:52:56 PM
Dear CIO, I'm writing you today as a friend. Seriously. I'm not trying to sell you anything (ok, our sales department is probably trying to sell you something, but I'm …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 6, 2019 2:45:57 PM
I completely missed this when it was announced in 2017 but sure didn't miss it when ZDNet published this yesterday. Microsoft is killing support for VBScript in IE11 in August's …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jun 3, 2019 3:08:25 PM
Casamba is a national leader in providing electronic medical record (EMR) enterprise software to skilled nursing facilities, outpatient therapy clinics, contract therapy providers, and home health and hospice agencies. Founded …
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