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November 3rd, 2025
Welcome to the 86th issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Borland. In this edition, we explain to younger generations what the name "Borland" meant to older cohorts of software engineers; in our Vidéothèque section, we watch a video about OOP by Borland’s founder Philippe Kahn; and in the Library section, we review "Masterminds of Programming" by Federico Biancuzzi and Shane Warden, focusing in particular on the interview of Anders Hejlsberg.
November 4th, 2024
Welcome to the 74th issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Lotus Development Corporation. In this edition, we go back to a beautiful time, when Lotus was a major and humane force in the software industry; in the Library section, we review "Giving Notice" by Freada Kapor Klein; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch Mitch Kapor explaining why (and how) diversity is essential for startup success.
November 6th, 2023
Welcome to the sixty-second issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about IBM. In this edition, we ask our readers to think about the impact of huge corporations such as IBM in our industry; in the Library section, we review some corporate biographies of IBM by James Cortada, Emerson Pugh, and Louis V. Gerstner, Jr; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch a psychedelic corporate movie by Jim Henson.
March 6th, 2023
Welcome to the fifty-fourth issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Google. In this edition, we search for the source of the current challenges Google is facing nowadays; in the Library section, we review "Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future" by John MacCormick; and in our Vidéothèque section, we recommend some classic Google TechTalks.
October 4th, 2021
Welcome to the thirty-seventh issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, opening our fourth year of publication, and dedicated to Microsoft. In this edition, Graham explains how programmers have perceived Microsoft and its success through the years; Adrian reviews 45 years of Microsoft history and finds patterns, anecdotes, and some lessons; and in the Library section, Graham analyzes Microsoft's books about computer security.