It’s not completely true, but I wanted to convey an image to start this post. The image is that computers and people form a symbiotic relationship. More accurately, computers don’t benefit from the relationship and also they aren’t even alive.…
Doesn’t it seem like everyone is in such a rush? Obviously during the holidays everyone was keen to shop to buy presents for family and friends. It is a sanctioned shopping feeding frenzy. Every year, there is some new device…
The concept of files has been around for quite some time. I just tried to find out how old the idea was but did not find a date. Instead, I found a very exciting entry at Wikipedia about file folders.…
I’ve been writing code since high school in 1981. During that time I have seen a number of progressions in both computer hardware and programming languages. I’m sure some of you would be familiar with BASIC (not the Visual kind)…
Every company has its own unique culture. As the years progress, some of the rituals grow large but the meaning is often lost. This is not much different from any other cultural exchange that exists in the broader scope of…
It is common knowledge among programmers that the movie OfficeSpace is just a bit too close to the truth. The cubicles are small, the programmers are fidgety, and the management is… well, just management. During my time at IBM it…
There is a long term relationship between Citrix and Microsoft. It started in 1989 when Citrix was founded. Without Microsoft’s backing in funds and licensing, it probably would not have been possible for Citrix to start. I have heard that…
Citrix was young and small enough to realize the importance of the Internet starting in 1993. By 1994, it was obvious that Netscape was going to help make the Internet really popular. The problem that we had was how to…
This was our address for Citrix between 1990 (?) to 1997. In 1997 we moved to a building off of Cypress Creek in Ft. Lauderdale. Why did we have an office in Coral Springs? Well, the rumor was that Ed…
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