Marco's Tech World

On Books Publishing, Part 1

Some initial comments on a few posts about book publishing, a thread started by Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror.

posted by marcocantu @ 7:29PM on May 5, 19:29

Goodbye Borland, Welcome Embarcadero

CodeGear, Borland's division specialized in development tools like Delphi and JBuilder, is being acquired by Embarcadero technology.

posted by marcocantu @ 5:08PM on May 7, 17:08

Delphi Jumps Ship: Welcome Embarcadero

Delphi has a new owner, along with all other CodeGear products... here are some facts, links, and thoughts.

posted by marcocantu @ 11:42AM on May 8, 11:42

Buy Delphi, Get the PDF of My Book

From now to mid June, if you buy Delphi 2007 you'll get the PDF of my book for free.

posted by marcocantu @ 11:59AM on May 9, 11:59

On Books Publishing, Part 2

Some more thoughts on publishing and self-publishing books in a relative small technical market.

posted by marcocantu @ 12:15AM on May 12, 12:15

Embarcadero and CodeGear, Both Back to Basics

Both companies (well, Borland and Embarcadero) have suffered trying to get into high-end ALM segment, losing (or risking to lose) a broad loyal following...

posted by marcocantu @ 2:00AM on May 13, 02:00

June: Italian Delphi Day, German Delphi Tage

Two Delphi events are coming up in Europe in June, the Delphi Day in Italy (an event I organize) and the Delphi Tage in Germany (an event where I'll be speaking).

posted by marcocantu @ 1:13AM on May 14, 01:13

Microsoft Blames Users for Vista Problems

An article covering "Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista" claims that all Vista problems are only perceived by users and blames their judgment of the OS. You can get upset, or have a good laugh.

posted by marcocantu @ 1:27AM on May 16, 01:27

Vista File Copy Operations Can Be Slow

After posting a rant about Vista, I thought about a way to separate perceptions from facts. It took me 2 minutes to create a test program that demonstrates Vista can be very slow.

posted by marcocantu @ 12:16AM on May 16, 12:16

Californian Trip Pictures

Last months, during my trip to California, I took some pictures, but failed to upload them so far. Now they are on Picasa.

posted by marcocantu @ 11:38AM on May 20, 11:38

Delphi IDE DataBase Tools

Recent versions of the Delphi IDE brought us the Data Explorer, but so a few features of the early days are still unparalleled.

posted by marcocantu @ 10:58AM on May 21, 10:58

Vista and Developers

A couple of recent articles covering the relationship between Windows Vista and developers are worth reading... and commenting.

posted by marcocantu @ 6:29PM on May 21, 18:29

When Self in Nil... You Know You are in Trouble

Nothing psychological here... only a Delphi programming error I bump into from time to time.

posted by marcocantu @ 6:57PM on May 23, 18:57

Wayne Williams: I'm a developer (and like Delphi)

During last week CEOs Wayne Williams (Embarcadero Technologies CEO) began his presentation stating he is a developer. That's a great start for CodeGear and his remarks about Delphi are notable.

posted by marcocantu @ 12:40AM on May 26, 12:40