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Software Development
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Read: Tools are more valuable when they are connected
Read: Hypercard at 30
I can barely remember using Hypercard, wonder if anyone will do anything like it again…
Read: Banks scramble to fix old systems as IT 'cowboys' ride into sunset
If I ever get tired of working in the aerospace industry, looks like there is plenty of need for old COBOL programmers….
Read: The Culture War at the Heart of Open Source
More thoughts on what “open source” means…
Read: Why open?
Here’s a part of open source that I have not thought about before:
Open source is a bottom-up, worker-led movement. The means and outputs of production are available to everybody. I think that’s beautiful – and, in a world where every aspect of our lives has been packaged and monopolized for profit, a powerful force for good.
Read: Microsoft open sources Calculator source code
This is pretty neat, will take a look at this sometime!
Read: 2019 – Independent Blogging Trends
via Chris Aldrich – I think people focus too much on having the perfect tool or the right tool, just start with some tool – just get started!
Read: Java’s Forgotten Forbear
An interesting history of an early Pascal development environment. Turbo Pascal was also an early success for PC software development.