Today marks the 31st year since I started working at Borland International on June 17, 1985. I met Philippe Kahn at Comdex Las Vegas in November 1983. He gave gave me copies of Turbo Pascal version 1.0 on floppy disks (5.25 inch PC-DOS and 8 inch CPM). I put the PC-DOS disk into an IBM PC we had in the Softsel Computer Products booth office. I was blown away when I saw Turbo Pascal launch and wrote a simple Pascal program. I am so thankful to Philippe, Spencer Leyton (who helped me get my job at...

The Space Shuttle Atlantis landed this morning on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at 5:57am EDT.  The landing marked the end of 30 years of the Space Shuttle program.  I want more explorations both robotic and manned spacecraft.  In Star Trek we were told over and over again "To boldly go where no man has gone before".  In software development we continue to go where no programmer has gone before. Exploration drives us forward. Exploration drives our imagination.  Explo...

December 3: Magazines, Books, Blogs and WebSites for Delphi, C++Builder, Delphi Prism and RadPHP There is a worldwide ecosystem supporting our Embarcadero developer tools and technologies. Here are just a few of the resources available to you: Pascal Gamer Magazine - now available for purchase on lulu.com Bob Swart's Delphi XE Development Essentials Marco Cantu's books on Amazon C++Builder Developer's Journal Jose Leon's RadPHP blog Delphi Feeds All of Bruce Eckel's books Ji...

It's that developer time of year: Time to complete those end of year programming projects Time to purchase some special holiday geek gifts Time to think about at least one day off It is time to count down the days until Christmas. Each day I will uncover a new piece of information for developers. December 1: Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) With each qualifying Embarcadero product you buy between now and the end of the year, you can choose a second Embarcadero product of equal or les...

Are you considering MySQL as your choice for your SQL database server?    Did you read the Register's recent article, "Oracle kills low-priced MySQL support" by Gavin Clarke.  The recently released InterBase XE is a better technical and cost effective alternative to MySQL. Read the free, technical white paper! Embarcadero Technology InterBase® XE is a powerful, SQL-compliant database that is often considered for embedding in applications and for application-specific uses. Savvy developers and...

What applications are built with Delphi and C++Builder?  I'm often asked that question by developers (usually when their managers or friends ask them).  There are many web sites created by community members where applications are listed including "Built with Delphi".  Now we have an application showcase on our Embarcadero web site.  The first showcase highlights applications and tools built with Delphi and C++Builder.  You will find the landing page at http://www.embarcadero.com/application-show...

This week I've been watching a lot of Camtasia's related to JBuilder 2007. Just enter "jbuilder.borland.com" into your browser, and click on the "Video Demos" tab to get access to 18 videos grouped in 5 categories. I wish similar page with video resources is also available for other CodeGear products. Why not "delphi.codegear.com" or "cbuilder.codegear.com"? More comprehensive list of JBuilder 2007 videos. is available through CodeGear Developer Network. These camtasias are really useful beca...