User: mahadiga

Usability of FLOSS

On: Open Source Usability — Joomla! Vs. WordPress

How many mouse clicks you need to find out the CPU type of your laptop?

• In XP it is 3
• In Ubuntu it is 4

Usability is inversely proportional to the number of mouse clicks.

Live Chat

On: Best FOSS Help Desk Software For Small Firms?

I really like Mozilla's Live Chat.
You may try setting up for your needs.

WHY

On: Open Source In Public K-12 Schools?

Everyday teachers should solicit WHY type questions (both rational and irrational) from children and disclose them in school notice boards or in a website.
I believe this will enhance intrinsic motivation of children.

What if Windows is Open Source

On: US Antitrust Judge Examining Windows 7 Documents

And IE is bundled in Windows?

Re:What if they had broken Microsoft up?

On: US Antitrust Judge Examining Windows 7 Documents

Often people end up reinventing the wheel because they (a.) couldn't find one someone else made, (b.) found one, but it wasn't under licensing terms that they could use with their project, or (c.) found one, but the project lost its way and ended up incomplete with a lead developer who may well have been hit by a bus.

Exactly vindicates my Signature.

Thomas Penfield Jackson

On: US Antitrust Judge Examining Windows 7 Documents

To summarize and answer your question: Not Much.

Had Thomas Penfield Jackson Judgement prevailed, how would have software industry evolved?

Truth is

On: Microsoft Sees Linux As Bigger Competitor Than Apple

Replace SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS with OPEN SOURCE and MBAs with CLOSED SOURCE in my SIGNATURE.

Good strategy

On: UK Government Boosts Open Source Adoption

there is no significant overall cost difference between open and non-open source products

This is a good strategy because all these days Closed source proponents have been advocating there is NO significant overall cost difference between open and non-open source products.

Open source is about transparency and Governments must accommodate and appreciate transparency wherever possible.

Re:Oh Boy

On: Supreme Court of India Comes Down On Bloggers

You're a nutcase.

You too.

Re:Oh Boy

On: Supreme Court of India Comes Down On Bloggers

Indian judiciary is independent of government.

Wrong.
Indian Parliament is SUPREME because they are answerable & accountable to 1,147,995,904 (July 2008 est.) Indians.
Supreme Court is SECONDARY, because they are answerable & accountable ONLY to the LITIGANTS.

• Supreme Court cannot solve your KASHMIR problem,
• Supreme Court cannot decide your INCOME TAX rates,
• Supreme Court cannot create/review/refine/rewrite any law.

Supreme Court cannot decide the OPTIMUM train or bus fare rate in India.

Re:Is this so different than the U.S?

On: Supreme Court of India Comes Down On Bloggers

Freedom to speak doesn't equal freedom to slander.

You will change your opinion if you watch Live Assembly proceedings of Indian States.

Not only Judiciary

On: Supreme Court of India Comes Down On Bloggers

BRIBES or CASTE is the COLLUSION between any two individuals in Politics, Businesses, Police and Judiciary in India.

Re:So?

On: Microsoft Asks For a Refund From Laid-Off Workers [updated]

all NASDAQ listed companies

You may replace with Microsoft. BTW, thanks for the compliment.

Re:So?

On: Microsoft Asks For a Refund From Laid-Off Workers [updated]

"Behind every GREAT fortune there is a crime." --Honore de Balzac
I think SEC must regulate market capitalization of all NASDAQ listed companies to no more than TWICE their quarterly revenue so as to

• Prevent Pyramid type scams in Corporate Management and Stock Markets
• Will create more opportunities for start-ups resulting in millions of jobs creation in India.

Please vote your opinion here.

Oops

On: Microsoft Asks For a Refund From Laid-Off Workers [updated]

To Microsoft:

I think you are mistaken.
You can claim bail package from Government and NOT from your former employees.

Cheers,
Mahadiga

Sorry to say.

On: London Police Seek To Install CCTV In Pubs

Once you leave your HOME everything is PUBLIC property.

Re:oh god no

On: Should Obama Give Stimulus To Open Source?

Software developers think in terms of what is RIGHT or WRONG.
MBAs think in terms of PRIORITIES.

I agree.

On: Should Obama Give Stimulus To Open Source?

Invest in PEOPLE and not in ECONOMY.

Privacy != Secrecy

On: Facebook Reverts ToS Change After User Uproar

Privacy != Secrecy
Privacy is desirable.
Secrecy is NOT desirable.

Ownership

On: Microsoft Says No Profit In Vista-XP Downgrades

Please do not buy software from Microsoft.
Because you do not OWN the software you brought from Microsoft. You don't OWN any product unless you can MODIFY it.

I agree.

On: Microsoft Says No Profit In Vista-XP Downgrades

The higher sales numbers serve as marketing copy. It's artificially inflating their sales.

And SEC must regulate market capitalization of all NASDAQ listed companies to no more than TWICE their quarterly revenue. This will

• Prevent Pyramid type scams in Corporate Management and Stock Markets
• Will create more opportunities for start-ups resulting in millions of jobs creation in India.

Please vote your opinion.

Wisdom of Crowds

On: Collective Intelligence in Action

Collective Intelligence in Action

Is this different from The Wisdom of Crowds.
IMO, Wisdom of Crowds works only with Altruists!
Hence Democracy is NOT Wisdom of Crowds

Re:It is a good sign

On: Microsoft and Red Hat Team Up On Virtualization

AFAIK, Interoperability without Open source is Oxymoron.

ESOPs?

On: How To Encourage Workers To Suggest Innovation?

How To Encourage Workers To Suggest Innovation?

Give Stock Options to all your Workers.

One word

On: How To Encourage Workers To Suggest Innovation?

Anonymous.
Management should solicit ideas through anonymous communication channels.