India's current teledensity is about 20%. This includes the mobile connections. There are about 10 Million Internet connections start of 2007. We need to increase landline teledensity to 100% by 2009 and increase Internet connections by 2009 to approximately 250 million+ (one per household). Looks very unlikely. Nice try coming from a politician, though.
The UI is cool and the features are cool. But since I cannot touch type on it holding it in my palm, I doubt it will replace my need for a blackberry. With the form factor, thumbing is needed and I am not sure even with the touchscreen, I will have the "blackberry thumb". Steve was right that the finger is a great pointing device, but the "thumb" isn't.
1. 200K multiplied by 10,000 employees = $2.0 Billion 2. Not all of the 10,000 staff are in the US at 100K plus salaries. Large number of them are also in India where the average is more likely around 40-50K. That probably brings down the total employee spend to $1.5 Billion. 3. Their current revenue run rate is around $10 Billion with a profit run rate of $4 Billion per year. Even if the employee spend went up to $4 Billion and their revenue is flat, they are still profitable.
Microsoft announced the formation of its new division MS Open Source (TM). The goal of MS Open Source is to convince customers that Open Source is Closed Source, Freedom is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength.
If this study itself is nonsense, does it make the other studies good? Looks like a paradox. If the study is right, there is a 33% probability that this study is wrong. And if this study is wrong, then the other studies are right!
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
Khalil Gibran -----------
Dont overdo the anxious parent bit. If you show love, care, concern and spend time with your child, they should turn out alright. While they need some outdoor and indoor activity, you cannot fine tune and control their predisposition too much.
For the sake of the village let a family make a sacrifice - old saying. You seem to say let ten children starve (that is what economic sacrifice can mean) to ensure one person gets justice.
What is right, depends on your view point. Some might say let the children starve but one lady must get justice. Someone else might argue that for the sake of a village we might have to sacrifice one person. I presume there are a lot of villages in the western world and, lots of people are going to be sacrificed.
We can punish countries like Indonesia and push thousands of families in the west to penury, despair & possibly suicide (economic cost) but I am not sure if that will teach Indonesia a lesson and are we willing to bear the economic cost? The third option is to invade and "fix" those countries.
[...] According to US News and World Report, Macintosh owners buy 30% more software than their Windows counterparts. Further, Macintosh software comprises over 18% of all software sold, according to the Software and Information Industry Association. In addition, the Software Publishers Association (SPA) estimates that 16 percent of computer users are on Macs.
If Mac owners buy 30% more software than the rest and if 18% of all software sold is on Mac, then ~15% of the installed base is Mac. I think it is close enough to 16%.
In other news Bill Gates, Chief Architect of MS said "Eventually there should be three Operating Systems - WindowXP, Windows 2000, and, of course there will be Linux because you can't get rid of it"
What is to stop Microsoft from hiring a lousy lawyer just so they will lose this case and 500 million but use this case as precedent to go after linux (thru SCO). Afterall MS can afford 1/2 a billion and they would love to get a precedent like you mention.
As a smalltime programmer you need to worry about patent infringment only if the holder goes after you. And holders go after you only if you have made a million dollars and look like you will make a few million more.
I dont think holders (large ones) are scouring all insignificant software to determine if any of their 3988 patents have been broken. Such an exercise can banckrupt even MS!!
But if your product is very successful and you have made a few million dollars, they might come after you. But remember by that time you are no longer the smalltimer you are now and our sympathies are no longer with you:-)
1. What will I do with 70 years of retirement! 2. Alternatively I will have to work for 80 years! 3. I am not so sure I want to live till 130!! 80 seems long enough. 4. Can I opt out of living till 130 or will be forced upon me!!!!
Yes. A combination of "something you know" (password), "something you are" (biometrics) and "something you have" (token, ring, etc) is the best and simplest form of security.
Linux was actually written by an Indian programmer called Sriram. When Linus was given the assignment by Professor Tannenbaum, he panicked and did not know what to do. He then posted on the usenet and found Sriram who wrote it for him for 500 dollars. That was what Linus got as university grant which he paid to focus more on his love life in the campus rather than the stupid OS writing assignment. This was also the first known case of outsourcing your homework to India which has since then become a billion dollar business
This guy claims the motor actually outputs more power than it consumes with an efficiency of 330% and what is the author excited about? Quiter PC fans. Yeah!
This reminds of the castaway who met the girl on the island and when she offered him anything he wanted, said "do you have an internet connection?"
Inventor: I have invented an Over Unity device Author: Does it mean my PC will have a quieter fan?
I work in India doing offshore work. Keep these things in mind
1. Document and explain (by phone) the architecture and design well to the team
2. Identify one technical or team leader who will manage and give them clear deliverables. Do not treat them as if they are in the same room as you. Break your design into components/subsystems with clearly defined interfaces and give them one/many of those sub systems
3. Ask them to estimate their work and plan their work. Review the estimate and plan. Manage the sub project instead of trying to manage tasks. Challenge the team and give them autonomy instead of trying to micro manage. These are smart people.
4. Clearly lay down coding standards you will follow, checklists for code review and unit testing strategy
5. You can use a common repository but lay down the rules about checkin quantums, build procedures and integration points.
6. Talk to the team everyday for 10 minutes to get a sense of where they are at.
7. Review the code everyday. This gives you a sense of the actual progress, code quality and helps address issues up front.
I am telling you these things since I see developers in the US trying all the time to micromanage the team out here since they cannot see them and they feel very lost without "visibility". This leads to over management and lack of control.
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The name says it. Some entities CAN SPAM and you CANNOT complain.
India's current teledensity is about 20%. This includes the mobile connections. There are about 10 Million Internet connections start of 2007. We need to increase landline teledensity to 100% by 2009 and increase Internet connections by 2009 to approximately 250 million+ (one per household). Looks very unlikely. Nice try coming from a politician, though.
The UI is cool and the features are cool. But since I cannot touch type on it holding it in my palm, I doubt it will replace my need for a blackberry. With the form factor, thumbing is needed and I am not sure even with the touchscreen, I will have the "blackberry thumb". Steve was right that the finger is a great pointing device, but the "thumb" isn't.
1. 200K multiplied by 10,000 employees = $2.0 Billion
2. Not all of the 10,000 staff are in the US at 100K plus salaries. Large number of them are also in India where the average is more likely around 40-50K. That probably brings down the total employee spend to $1.5 Billion.
3. Their current revenue run rate is around $10 Billion with a profit run rate of $4 Billion per year. Even if the employee spend went up to $4 Billion and their revenue is flat, they are still profitable.
Microsoft announced the formation of its new division MS Open Source (TM). The goal of MS Open Source is to convince customers that Open Source is Closed Source, Freedom is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength.
If this study itself is nonsense, does it make the other studies good? Looks like a paradox. If the study is right, there is a 33% probability that this study is wrong. And if this study is wrong, then the other studies are right!
So what was my point? Aaaah!!
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
Khalil Gibran
-----------
Dont overdo the anxious parent bit. If you show love, care, concern and spend time with your child, they should turn out alright. While they need some outdoor and indoor activity, you cannot fine tune and control their predisposition too much.
For the sake of the village let a family make a sacrifice - old saying. You seem to say let ten children starve (that is what economic sacrifice can mean) to ensure one person gets justice.
What is right, depends on your view point. Some might say let the children starve but one lady must get justice. Someone else might argue that for the sake of a village we might have to sacrifice one person. I presume there are a lot of villages in the western world and, lots of people are going to be sacrificed.
We can punish countries like Indonesia and push thousands of families in the west to penury, despair & possibly suicide (economic cost) but I am not sure if that will teach Indonesia a lesson and are we willing to bear the economic cost? The third option is to invade and "fix" those countries.
Sriram
Clarifying the judgement, MS said the inventor would receive more than 1.6 million dollars worth of Windows licenses (non transferable, of course)!
Isn't this how MS is paying all its fines slapped by various government bodies?
[...] According to US News and World Report, Macintosh owners buy 30% more software than their Windows counterparts. Further, Macintosh software comprises over 18% of all software sold, according to the Software and Information Industry Association. In addition, the Software Publishers Association (SPA) estimates that 16 percent of computer users are on Macs.
If Mac owners buy 30% more software than the rest and if 18% of all software sold is on Mac, then ~15% of the installed base is Mac. I think it is close enough to 16%.
In other news Bill Gates, Chief Architect of MS said "Eventually there should be three Operating Systems - WindowXP, Windows 2000, and, of course there will be Linux because you can't get rid of it"
I was using my GPS to get to my aunt's house and ended up at a linux user group meeting 18 miles away.
Our network admin has already blocked .jobs sites at work:-)
What is to stop Microsoft from hiring a lousy lawyer just so they will lose this case and 500 million but use this case as precedent to go after linux (thru SCO). Afterall MS can afford 1/2 a billion and they would love to get a precedent like you mention.
As a smalltime programmer you need to worry about patent infringment only if the holder goes after you. And holders go after you only if you have made a million dollars and look like you will make a few million more.
I dont think holders (large ones) are scouring all insignificant software to determine if any of their 3988 patents have been broken. Such an exercise can banckrupt even MS!!
But if your product is very successful and you have made a few million dollars, they might come after you. But remember by that time you are no longer the smalltimer you are now and our sympathies are no longer with you:-)
I think people I know alone have that much MP3 data on their computers which they downloaded over the internet:-). The information does not add up.
Keep this up and Cmdr Taco will soon be a rich man:-)
"The natural world is too green and badly lit." -- Francois Boucher, 18th century painter :-)
Well, at least we fixed this bug
1. What will I do with 70 years of retirement!
2. Alternatively I will have to work for 80 years!
3. I am not so sure I want to live till 130!! 80 seems long enough.
4. Can I opt out of living till 130 or will be forced upon me!!!!
Yes. A combination of "something you know" (password), "something you are" (biometrics) and "something you have" (token, ring, etc) is the best and simplest form of security.
Linux was actually written by an Indian programmer called Sriram. When Linus was given the assignment by Professor Tannenbaum, he panicked and did not know what to do. He then posted on the usenet and found Sriram who wrote it for him for 500 dollars. That was what Linus got as university grant which he paid to focus more on his love life in the campus rather than the stupid OS writing assignment. This was also the first known case of outsourcing your homework to India which has since then become a billion dollar business
Of course, guns do not encourage shooting but kazaa encourages stealing and should be banned. *these Americans are crazy* tok! tok! tok! - Obelisk
This guy claims the motor actually outputs more power than it consumes with an efficiency of 330% and what is the author excited about? Quiter PC fans. Yeah!
This reminds of the castaway who met the girl on the island and when she offered him anything he wanted, said "do you have an internet connection?"
Inventor: I have invented an Over Unity device
Author: Does it mean my PC will have a quieter fan?
Since these people are really super and work in heterogenous networks and technoolgies they should be called.
Super Heterogenous Information Technologists
"Hi I am Sam and I really like my SHIT job"
I work in India doing offshore work. Keep these things in mind
1. Document and explain (by phone) the architecture and design well to the team
2. Identify one technical or team leader who will manage and give them clear deliverables. Do not treat them as if they are in the same room as you. Break your design into components/subsystems with clearly defined interfaces and give them one/many of those sub systems
3. Ask them to estimate their work and plan their work. Review the estimate and plan. Manage the sub project instead of trying to manage tasks. Challenge the team and give them autonomy instead of trying to micro manage. These are smart people.
4. Clearly lay down coding standards you will follow, checklists for code review and unit testing strategy
5. You can use a common repository but lay down the rules about checkin quantums, build procedures and integration points.
6. Talk to the team everyday for 10 minutes to get a sense of where they are at.
7. Review the code everyday. This gives you a sense of the actual progress, code quality and helps address issues up front.
I am telling you these things since I see developers in the US trying all the time to micromanage the team out here since they cannot see them and they feel very lost without "visibility". This leads to over management and lack of control.