Industry News - Week of Feb. 7, 2022
IN THIS ISSUE: Visual Studio Drops Mono; Citrix, Tibco to Merge; Soaking Up Memory Leaks; Could Gov't Force Sideloading?; Global Tech Policy Roundup; Four Laws Complement Moore, Metcalf
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Drops Mono Runtime
In an effort to go all-native on the macOS platform, Microsoft has dropped the Mono open-source runtime from the preview of its SDK released last week in favor of the latest version of its own runtime, .NET 6.
Citrix, Tibco to Merge, Software Behemoth to Emerge
Remote-work industry pioneer Critrix will be acquired by a pair of equity firms, taken private and combined with Tibco, one of the world's largest data management and analysis companies. The $16.5 billion deal is expected to produce a new contender for king of the big-tech hill.
If performance of your app degrades over time, it could be the victim of a memory leak, particularly if it's running through a browser. Here's how to identify and potentially correct them.
Could the Government Force Sideloading?
A bill before the U.S. Congress threatens to force Apple to allow apps to be "sideloaded" onto devices running iOS. The idea is for iOS to be more like Android, which allows apps to be installed from sources other than Google Play. Apple claims it will lead to scams and malware.
January 2022 Global Tech Policy Roundup
While on the subject of government overreach, here's a look at the plans and policies of leadership around the world, including the Russia-Ukraine cyber war, the banning of a Chinese telecom and cryptocurrency's resistance to regulation.
Four Laws Add to Moore's, Metcalf's
The laws of processor and networking power as taught in computer science classes the world over might well be supplemented by four additional conjectures on subjects at least as substantive and universal as those of Moore and Metcalf. A fascinating read for fellow techies.
Edward Correia
