Ancient world

• 1950s – Compilers will make programmers obsolete
• 1960-70s - 3rd generation programming languages will reduce programmer shortages

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Middle Ages

• 1980s - 4rd generation programming languages and CASE tools will definitely reduce programmer shortages
• 1980s – client server SQL DBMS will solve mainframe “vendor lock”
• 1990s – 3-tiers architecture will solve DBMS “vendor lock …

DBMS market share trends of last decade by Gartner on the big picture

How to set classic background color in Windows 10?

• Right click on desktop and select "Personalize" menu
• Set "Background" option to "Solid color"
• Click on "+ custom color" button
• Click on "More"
• Check that "RGB" is set
• Enter "#336EA5" and click "Done" button

That's all.

"Programming with databases" (both printed version and Kindle e-book) is the translated and revised Second Edition of my previous book published in 2015.

This book covers various stages of software development and practical cases of the programming with database management systems. You find different recommendations on the choices of the …

Debian distribution doesn't have USB startup disk creator software. However, you can make live USB stick based on Live-DVD ISO from command line.

sudo dd bs=4M if=///.iso of=/dev/sdX && sync

where sdX is the USB device name. Don't use trailing digits like sdb1.

Example

sudo dd bs …

The text below is not mine but I completely agree with author, after many years in software engineering using models to generate programs, components and codes. See also Geniel Lamp tool and my presentation MDA/MDD approach - Relation to the software development life-cycle.

The Model Driven Architecture is incompatible with …

HP LaserJet Pro CP1025 is detected automatically by Ubuntu but it is not sufficient for printing. You should configure HPLIP.

At first time, check that HPLIP installed and its version is 3.11.1 at least

dpkg -l hplip

In Ubuntu 14.04 you should see something like this:

ii …

Here is a small description how to make your own pretty small headless server using Cubieboard A10 microcomputer and Ubuntu operation system.

Important points

My server uses Cubieboard A10, but A20 should works too.

Plug monitor, keyboard, mouse and ethernet cable to Cubieboard.

Cubieboard has Android installed by default. So …