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58 minutes, 33 secondsCatharine van Ingen: Software Architecture, Global Warming, MIPS and HydrologyJun 15, 2007 at 10:50 AM
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What do global warming, a scientific instrument weighing about 4500 tons and bill collection have in common? The once Berkeley ‘hippie chick’ turned Software Architect Catharine van Ingen. Catharine has a wealth of experience in hardware, including work with the Alpha machine and MIPS processor… -
58 minutes, 33 secondsRico Mariani: Writing better, faster codeFeb 23, 2007 at 11:03 AM 18
For eighteen years at Microsoft, Rico Mariani’s contagious enthusiasm for technology has inspired countless others to write better and faster code. Most people inside Microsoft know this software architect from his frequent postings on the internal performance tuning alias, and other people know… -
58 minutes, 22 secondsRob Short: Operating System EvolutionDec 08, 2006 at 11:00 AM 9
Rob Short is an operating system pioneer. He helped Microsoft transition from the 1980s with DOS and 16 bit windows into the 32 bit world with Windows NT in the 1990s. More recently, Rob was part of the team that further enhanced windows to take advantage of the 64 bit processors of the new… -
Tony Williams: Co-inventor of COMAug 11, 2006 at 11:31 AM 19
This episode features the co-inventor of COM, software architect, Tony Williams. In his eighteen years at Microsoft, Tony has worked on the Windows team, in Microsoft Research, and on Office. His contributions benefit not just Microsoft's applications, but the fundamental way that all Windows… -
Mark Zbikowski - From DOS 1.0 to Windows VistaMay 17, 2006 at 11:43 AM 24
This is Behind the Code’s pilot episode with Core File Services architect, Mark Zbikowski. Mark began his career at Microsoft in 1981, working on DOS 1.0 as a designer, coder and liaison with IBM. His quarter century long career has included significant involvement in OS/2, Cairo’s Object File… -
1 hour, 2 minutes, 43 secondsConversation with scientist, engineer and database legend Jim GrayMar 03, 2006 at 1:56 PM 22
This episode features Jim Gray. He is a "Technical Fellow" in the Scaleable Servers Research Group (Sky Server, Terra Server) and manager of Microsoft's Bay Area Research Center (BARC). Jim has been called a "giant" in the fields of database and transaction processing… -
Life and Times of Anders HejlsbergFeb 01, 2006 at 2:50 PM 39
This episode features industry luminary, Anders Hejlsberg. Before coming to Microsoft in 1996 he was well noted for his work as the principal engineer of Turbo Pascal and the chief architect of the Delphi product line. At Microsoft he was architect for the Visual J++ development system… -
59 minutes, 45 secondsBehind the Code: Charlie Kindel - Doing What It Takes To Make A Customer SuccessfulMar 17, 2011 at 10:55 AM 1
When thinking about businesses, large or small, it can be easy to lose sight of the individual. For the individuals within those companies, it can be difficult to see the role they play in the big picture and how their personal journey might fit in. For individuals outside those companies, also… -
59 minutes, 59 secondsScott Guthrie: Power To and For The PeopleJun 03, 2011 at 9:00 AM 7
At a certain level, computers are all about giving computational power and resources to the common man. Even though many of you may not remember it, it wasn't that long ago when computers were tools which could only be afforded by the very largest of companies. Today however; computers are a… -
57 minutes, 36 secondsBTC: Henry Sanders - More than an EngineerJul 20, 2011 at 8:45 AM 3
At the heart of every computer, every operating system, every problem, is an engineer. An engineer may not live the glorious rock-star life of your favorite musician, but it is through their efforts that the complex systems, that are more and more significant in our lives, are able to…
