User: jawahar

Deist?

On: Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing

Is Hawking a deist?

Truth

On: Management 'Scared' by Open Source

People make money out of others ignorance.
People make money by adding value to others.

Kernel space

On: A Free XML-Based Operating System

Is it possible to bundle XML parser (SAX?) into Linux kernel?

Opportunist

On: Google a "Wake-Up Call" For Microsoft

Microsoft used be an ambitious company.
Now they are opportunistic.

Outsourcing

On: How to Keep America Competitive

Isn't outsourcing resulting in wage slavery in developing nations?

Re:Wisdom

On: Is Switching Jobs Too Often a Bad Thing?

ESOPs is the win-win proposition.

Wisdom

On: Is Switching Jobs Too Often a Bad Thing?

Employment is to survive in life.
Entrepreneurship is to succeed in life.

Money laundering.

On: Mr. Ballmer, Show Us the Code

Isn't proprietary software business same as money laundering?

Already colonized?

On: Fermi Paradox Predicting Humankind's Future?

Some how I get a feeling that we are already colonized.

Questions

On: Could Open Source Lead to a Meritocratic Search Engine?

Is it possible? Is it desirable?

IPO

On: Wikipedia On the Brink? Or Crying Wolf?

Shouldn't Wikipedia try getting listed in NYSE through IPO?

2 questions

On: Does Income Inequality Matter?

1. Is is ok for the government to give some money to all citizens, so that they do not indulge in any illegal and unethical activities?
2. Does flat income tax system reduce irrational wealth inequalities in America?

Hypocrisy

On: Ballmer Says Linux "Infringes Our Intellectual Property"

I think Mr Ballmer is suffering from sarcasm and hypocrisy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering

On: Thai IT Minister Slams Open Source

Isn't closed source software equivalent to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala where the 'source' is not disclosed?

Proprietary == Hawala

On: Letter to European Commission Warns Against Open Source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software == http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala

Intrapreneurship

On: Microsoft or Google?

Choose the company that promotes intrapreneurship.

Do they teach how to fake and manipulate in MBA?

On: Who are CIOs Planning to Hire Next?

http://reddit.com/info/dokh/comments/

What about the past?

On: Interview with IE Lead Program Manager

I'm curious to know about the status of the products and companies that were effected due to bundling with Windows OS before Antitrust department's IE/Netscape browser case.

NOT possible.

On: Another Microsoft Exec Steps Down

Ignorance is NO longer bliss.

ATM

On: Gates' Replacement says Microsoft Must Simplify

Users really need software that is as easy as ATM's (Automatic Teller Machine) software.

Entrepreneurship

On: Staying On-Top of Programming Trends?

OTOH I will recommend you become an entrepreneur.

Re:Scoble Who?

On: Exit Interview with Scoble

Scoble became popular with for his anonymous blog called "talkingmoose"

Lotus Vs Excel

On: Novell Signs Linux Deal with Australian Government

Hope Novell gets a clue from http://www.joelonsoftware.com/printerFriendly/arti cles/fog0000000052.html

Prevention is better than cure

On: Why Terror Financing is So Tough to Track Down

People accross the world need economic safety and social security in order to prevent terrorism I think some the Marshall Brain's ideas should be implemented world-wide. http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-freedom.htm

License source code

On: Microsoft Faces Fresh Antitrust Complaints

Microsoft can prevent all anti-trust and anti-competitive lawsuits if they license source code along with their products.
"Transparency begets mutual trust and respect"