MySQL is one of the most popular open source softwares – Yes, it has a dual licensing scheme and has been profitable from the beginning. I always wondered why it became so popular, especially when PostgreSQL is such a workhorse and has so many features compared to MySQL. Oreillynet has a very insightful article called […]
Monthly Archives: April 2004
Around the world in a week ?!
Here is the count of unique visitors for my book, categorized by from where they come: ############################################################ # Report: python.g2swaroop.net # Report Name: Countries # Date Range: 04/22/2004 – 04/28/2004 ############################################################ (no entry) 204 net (Network) 140 com (Commercial) 117 edu (Educational) 15 de (Germany) 14 it (Italy) 10 br (Brazil) 9 fr (France) 9 […]
Time-out
Nowadays, I have become so involved with my work at Yahoo! that I am hardly getting any time for other stuff. Spending time with friends has also become a problem, but the amazing thing is how Yahoo! Messenger and mobile phones help here. They truly help people keep in touch! Last Sunday, 4 friends including […]
Innovations in C#
I’m reading a very interesting article on the next version of C#. It’s fascinating. I seriously wonder why Java does not make strides like this, especially with supposedly much more widespread support than C# and .NET?? What does the open community lack in making such huge innovations? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying the […]
First Time Vote!
Today, I voted for the first time! I am one of those large number of FTVs (First Time Voters) in India. It is such a thrill to take part in such a humongous exercise of democracy. After all, India is the largest democracy in the world! I voted for the Congress candidate Ramalinga Reddy for […]
Google – the OS !
I came across this interesting blog entry on The Secret Source of Google’s Power. It talks about how Google has 100,000 servers! It also talks about how Google could become a ‘platform’ for the future. Fascinating stuff!
More translated bytes
My book is now being translated to Spanish and Danish! That’s really cool… I know I shouldn’t be surprised but I am amazed at how people prefer to read books like this one in their own native languages. More than that, these readers are sparing their time and translating this book to help other people […]
Midnight Escapade!
We were just cruisin’ at midnight and we want to do more. A few minutes later, we had decided to go to Nandi hills to see the sunrise! This was just so much fun. I feel this much fun should be banned! I’ve put up a writeup as well as lots of photos on the […]
Microsoft releases open source code!
Shocking but true! Microsoft has released the WiX toolkit as open source. WiX stands for Windows Installer XML (WiX) developer tool. The software has been released under an IBM license. The shocking thing is that they are releasing it as open source AND they are releasing it on SourceForge.net – the world’s largest Open Source […]
Mobile friends
I reluctantly got a mobile phone a few weeks ago due to the insistence of my parents. My thinking was that it would be an invasion of my privacy and something I might get addicted to. Now, I’m starting to like it (as if I had a choice ;-). However, I still am not all […]