John Browne
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.
by John Browne, on Apr 30, 2020 10:27:31 AM
Note: this is part 2 of an on-going series about digital transformation in the time of pandemics. You can read part 1 here. Whenever something huge and horrid and dreadful …
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by John Browne, on Apr 22, 2020 3:21:44 PM
Every so often, a technological breakthrough completely transforms an industry. For transportation, it was the steam locomotive. Almost overnight, rail networks connected distant regions together allowing for rapid and efficient …
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by John Browne, on Apr 6, 2020 3:38:04 PM
You know you're in trouble when your critical legacy system is so old no one remembers the name of the language... New Jersey's legacy COBOL system New Jersey state governor …
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by John Browne, on Apr 1, 2020 5:00:00 AM
The author diligently working from home. Citrix was recently in the news for both good reasons and bad ones. Their stock price is soaring as people suddenly have to work …
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by John Browne, on Mar 18, 2020 5:00:00 AM
These are extraordinary times. In our 23 years, Mobilize.Net has made a lot of friends around the world: customers, partners, and employees. And today our thoughts and hopes are with …
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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 …
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by 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 …
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by 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 …
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by 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 …
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by 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 …
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