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Updating The Single Most Influential Book of the BASIC Era

Coding Horror

If you knew the right commands, you could type them in to load programs from cassette tape. For many of us, if we wanted the computer to do anything, we had to type in entire programs from books like 101 Basic Computer Games , by hand. They aren't going to win any awards for gameplay, or programming sophistication.

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What is S/4HANA? SAP’s latest ERP system explained

CIO

In the 1970s, five formerIBMemployees developed programs that enabled payroll and accounting on mainframe computers. In 2010, SAP introduced the HANA database. Custom programming is not possible with this version. Because HEC is a private cloud, the system can be adapted to a customers needs through programming.

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Choosing a Programming Language and Framework for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. The rest is just down and dirty algorithmic programming. We had an interesting presentation at the LA CTO Forum by the CTO of a startup who chose Groovy / Grails as the framework for their startup.

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5 ways biotech startups can mitigate risk to grow sustainably in the long run

TechCrunch

The infrastructure needed to maintain these different programs can be too unwieldy to weather a financial drought. A better approach would be to focus on a lead program — a single product that they can take through various stages of development, ultimately leading to FDA approval.

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LeagueApps raises $15M to be the ‘operating system’ for youth sports organizations

TechCrunch

Existing investor Contour Venture Partners led the financing, which brings the company’s total funding since its 2010 inception to $35 million. We’ve built all the tools they need to power their programs,” said Brian Litvack, LeagueApps CEO & co-founder. In his view, the company is tackling a “large yet fragmented” market. “

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

This continues my series of posts: Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Some great free resources listed this month that I thought were interesting.

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ispace wants to stake its claim to the moon with November launch

TechCrunch

The startup will attempt to send its “Hakuto-R” lander to the moon’s surface, kicking off an ambitious lunar exploration program of the same name. Tokyo-based startup ispace’s lunar ambitions will soon be put to the test, as the company gears up for its first launch at the end of this month.