http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer Various items, tidbits, and ramblings related to Delphi. Hosted by Allen Bauer, Embarcadero Chief Scientist. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:21:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US Well, my access card worked.  I guess I still have a job :-). I just finished listening to a company (Embarcadero not Borland) wide conference call announcing to the whole company the closure of the Embarcadero+CodeGear deal. Wayne Williams, our new boss, made some very encouraging statements. Most notably ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/07/01/38863 Today is my last official day as a Borland/CodeGear employee. After today, I will have been a Borland/CodeGear employee for 6021 days, or 16 years, 5 months, and 25 days. What is interesting about this is that tomorrow, I will continue to drive to the same building, ride the same ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/06/30/38862 Sure, the latest news of Embarcadero Technologies signing an definitive agreement to acquire the CodeGear portion of Borland's business is a recent development. However, looking back on my years here at Borland, I have to chuckle a little bit. I remember sitting with other Delphi team members many years ago ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/05/08/38861 Needless to say, it's been a crazy day here at CodeGear. I'm sure the same can be said of the fine folks at Embarcadero. Rather than saying the same things you can read about in all the various outlets and blogs, I figured I'd give folks my impression of how ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/05/07/38860 Just in case you've not heard the "Good News", you should read it here... go ahead, I'll wait.   Well? Is that not some interesting news? If you've been wondering why this blog has been somewhat quiet lately, it's been due not only to being "heads-down" on Tiburón, but also ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/05/07/38859 I did the most unconscionable thing a few weeks ago. Something I've resisted for a very long time. I bought a Mac. For the first time. Ever. I'm not against Macs or Apple in general (I own an iPod and a Zune), in fact I find them very quaint and ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/03/18/38858 The Delphi Parallel Library (DPL) tends to occupy a lot of my otherwise idle "thought" time. DPL has been redesigned in my head more times than I can count.  The good news is that it is conceptually beginning to actually take some shape and is finding a direction.  As I've ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/02/22/38857 Here's a quick recap of all the DPL (Delphi Parallel Library) related posts over the last few months: A Critical[Section] Difference: Windows XP vs. Windows VistaBreaking the rulesSimmering Unicode, bring DPL to a boil (Part 2)Simmering Unicode, bring DPL to a boilPlacing your code in the forge - Refining a ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/02/19/38856 No, this isn't one of those comparisons!  This is just something somewhat interesting about the difference in the implementation of a critical section in Windows XP vs. Windows Vista.  It seems that Windows Vista is much more resilient in how it handle's the misuse of a critical section.  One such ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/02/06/38855 Ok, I just made that up.  But that is the crux of the 1 million seat licensing deal just closed with the Russian Federal Agency of Education.  Infoworld also has an article about the deal right here.  A whole new generation of Delphi developers are now in the making!Share This ... http://blogs.codegear.com/abauer/2008/02/01/38854