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. John Browne has 4.9M Quora answer views; 18K+ upvotes and 1,381 followers on Quora. He's also been published on Forbes and Huffington Post. John joined Mobilize.Net in 2012, were he 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. He retired in 2024 and couldn't be happier.
Recent Posts by John Browne:
by John Browne, on Mar 18, 2020, 5:00:00 AM
These are extraordinary times. In our 23 years, GAP has made a lot of friends around the world: customers, partners, and employees. And today our thoughts and hopes are with …
Read Storyby 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 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 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 May 15, 2019, 5:58:00 AM
Last week was Microsoft's annual developer conference aka Build. Three days of total software geekitude: Azure, IoT, .NET, Visual Studio, and even a doggie petting zoo. Yes, your modern developer …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 11, 2019, 11:37:36 AM
Welcome back. If you've been reading along, in Part 1 and Part 2 we talked about what PowerBuilder DataWindows do, how they are used, and the challenges of modernizing PowerBuilder …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 4, 2019, 2:20:17 PM
In Part 1, we reviewed the nature and popularity of PowerBuilder DataWindows, and yes PowerBuilder was pretty cool back in the day. But so were leisure suits. Now, however, nobody …
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