"Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough. Ain't no river wide enough. To keep me from getting to you." The lyrics, from the song written by Ashford and Simpson, keep telling me that there is nothing that can stop advance of computer software, developer tools, and operating platforms. "Climb Every Mountain", the song in the movie, The Sound of Music, tell us to keep going, search everywhere, follow every path, cross every Geoffrey Moore chasm, try every idea, until we find ou...

December 7: Delphi developers needed in Plano Texas, 2011 conferences save the dates It's not too early to get ready for 2011. Embarcadero is involved with several conferences and intensive training sessions planned for 2011. It's time to start filling in your 2011 calendar and save the dates for these upcoming events: Delphi Developers needed in Plano Texas Retalix is looking for Delphi developers in their Plano Texas office. Retalix is an independent provider of personalized software ...

Embarcadero Technologies, the leading independent provider of award winning Database Tools and Developer Software, provides many ways for developers, architects, and DBAs to keep up to date.  Here are just a few of the ways new and current customers can find out about our products, product updates, company news, upcoming events, and more. Join Us! Embarcadero Developer Network(EDN) - Connect to us and get the inside track to technical updates on the Embarcadero Developer Network. Follow Us...

Hello from Beijing.  I am at the last stop on a three week application development and database development tour and vacation trip in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and China.  While on the trip I have visited with many developers, customers, community leaders, and even a university (Hohai University in Nanjing).  Loads of excitement about the developer tools being part of Embarcadero Technologies (even if it is still harder to pronounce and spell than CodeGear - especially in Japan and China). ...

I am often asked "Where can I find Delphi programmers?" and "Is there a place where I can meet other Delphi developers?".  Of course you can use the Embarcadero Developer Network, our Delphi web forums, Delphi User Groups, DelphiLive!, Delphi Tage, and at other Delphi face-to-face and online events. Another place you can find Delphi developers is via the Meetup.com Delphi web site. As of this blog post, there are five active Delphi meet up groups:  Oslo Delphi Club (159 members), Användargrup...

For mysef, Computer Science has always been hot and cool!  I thank my lucky stars every day for having moved from Aeronautical Engineering to Computer Science when I was a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  I have completely enjoyed my degree or my career. According to the results of a recent Taulbee Survey put out by the Computing Research Association (CRA), the number of Computer Science undergraduates rose 8.1% in 2008. The total enrollment in computer science classes also increased by...

By now you have probably seen the new look to our Embarcadero Developer Network (EDN).  We've combined the database tools and developer tools communities into one integrated developer community.  All of the CodeGear developer network content is still available (redirects will bring you to the same content and systems).  We are also adding additional database specific content from the database tools side of the house and multi-mapping digital artifacts between product communities. Combining de...

In a recent article on vnunet.com, Iain Thomson and Shaun Nichols, create their top 10 IT priorities list for the Obama adminstration. 10. Use webcasting in government business 9. Update the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 8. Create a Federal Communications Commission with power 7. Immigration - the H1B visa system needs a big expansion 6. Invest in broadband infrastructure 5. Fund university technology research programs 4. Enact laws to make sure that, where privacy is desired, it is ...

I am a huge fan of Bjarne Stroustrup.  He has made many important contributions to our world of programming programming languages, our programming world, and to Computer Science.  As a researcher, teacher, and speaker, Bjarne continues to help improve the world of software development just as our Embarcadero Developer Network strives to help software developers improve their skills, enrich their jobs, and help move the state of computer programming forward. Last month, James Maguire, Datamati...

This post ends thirty days of blog posts in celebration of Turbo Pascal Version 1.0's 25th anniversary.  I've tried to post a selection of memories and technical details but I knew I would not be able to tell the whole story in just one month.  I will continue to collect the historical documents and memories and post them periodically in my blog.  So keep sending in those stories and technical tidbits. Here are a few additional memories from community members about Turbo Pascal.  While they a...