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Adam Bosworth
Brief Description: Famous for Quattro Pro, Microsoft Access, and IE4; then BEA, now Google
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Possessed of one of the foremost minds in modern i-technology, Adam Bosworth was an XML guru for Microsoft Corporation, where he was a general manager in the late 90s, after which he left MS to found Crossgain - a company subsequently bought by BEA Systems.
Interviewed by SYS-CON when he was vice president of engineering of the Frameworks Division at BEA, Bosworth revealed what drives him. "I've spent my life trying to make building applications easy," he said, adding that what attracts him about i-technology is, basically, helping developers build solutions - "developing products, plumbing, or technology to help them build solutions."
He continued: "Whether it was Active Server Pages and the extent of my work at Microsoft, all of which was plumbing, or Access and working on the VB products, I helped them build the application. That's what I like doing."
Bosworth's last activity for BEA involved its mobile "Alchemy" project, which he unveiled personally at the company's 2004 eWorld conference.
He is now one of Google Inc's highest profile new recruits, along with Joshua Bloch.
Other SYS-CON stories about Adam Bosworth:
Bosworth Bails Out, Leaves BEA Systems for Google, Inc.
Adam Bosworth on the "Mom Factor" in Web Services
A Conversation with Adam Bosworth
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Jeremy Geelan is Chairman & CEO of the 21st Century Internet Group, Inc. and an Executive Academy Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Formerly he was President & COO at Cloud Expo, Inc. and Conference Chair of the worldwide Cloud Expo series. He appears regularly at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences across six continents. You can follow him on twitter: @jg21.
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Agility Pays 12/09/04 03:34:19 AM EST | |||
There are bound to be glaring omissions in any list. It would have been good to see a few more names from the 17 developers who met in Feb 2001 to discuss problems in software development and who devised the so-called "Agile Manifesto." I see that Martin Fowler is here but what about Kent Beck, Alistair Cockburn, Ron Jeffries, Robert "Uncle bob" Martin, and Dave Thomas - people who have all made substantial contributions to software development? |
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