Programming articles to read

This collection of programming articles to read is highly subjective, so feel free to add your own additions and comments.

• General
  • How Microsoft Lost the API War by Joel Spolsky Sunday, June 13, 2004
  • Pattern Book for Open Source in the Enterprise by Flashline – an aid to the adoption and use of Open Source software in a corporate development environment.

• Language Comparisons
  • PHP and ASP.NET go head to head
  • The World’s Most Maintainable Programming Language – 6 parts

• Productivity
  • Jakob Nielsen,the usability expert, says in this article Productivity in the Service Economy that improved intranet usability can help us work faster and smarter, and ultimately create new jobs.
  • The Joel Test for evaluating programming teams
• The 10 Technologies that Will Help You Stay Employed

The World’s Most Maintainable Programming Language – 6 parts