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fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Microsoft's Task Manager turns 30: Original coder celebrates

"Dave Plummer, a former Microsoft engineer, says his lean original has grown roughly 50 times in size. Rather than critique today's version, Plummer took to his Dave's Garage YouTube channel to offer a window into Task Manager's scrappy origins, including the thought process behind its development, and his unfortunate decision to include his home phone number in the source code."
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fromInfoWorld
2 weeks ago

The economics of the software development business

The economics of the software development business have always been kind of weird. Some things with software scale spectacularly, and some things scale very poorly. Pricing is always a challenge; it's hard to know when it is right. Even what, exactly, is being sold has always puzzled the best thinkers in the software business. And of course, open-source software throws a monkey wrench into the whole works.
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fromPythontest
2 months ago
Software development

Timeline of Selected Software Events | PythonTest

Chronological milestones of languages, tools, and methodologies that shaped modern software development and influenced individual software philosophies.
frompythontest.com
2 months ago
Software development

Timeline

A chronological timeline of influential software languages, methodologies, tools, and personal career milestones from the 1960s through the early 2000s.
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