Hal is retired after a long career in software. He helped create some of the most popular database systems in each generation.
Sep 8, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
I love the opportunity to dive into the history here, especially since @Grady_Booch and I get to play the Grey Beard card. Think of Serverless in two ways, as an architectural pattern and as an operational pattern. The IT guys are the ones who see it as an operational pattern.
As an operational pattern Serverless is new, because without “the Cloud” IT can’t get away from having to manage Servers. As an architectural pattern it is OLD, dating back at least to the 1970s. It is a concept intertwined with that of the Remote Procedure Call (RPC).
Jun 26, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Wow, two examples of Microsoft pulling back from the consumer space in one month. First Mixer and now closing the retail stores. I’ve written about Microsoft and consumers multiple times on hal2020.com so won’t do so right now.
But I will repeat past advice, outside the productivity space one should just stay away from Microsoft “consumer” products. You will fall in love and then they will pull the rug out from under you. Xbox is the unicorn, don’t be fooled into thinking it will beget other successes
