William H Gates III – He shares a birthday with me, (and I hope I’ll someday share his company too – and make Windows fully FOSS! 😛 ) The man is known for being a geek and has his share of blunders, very public gaffes. Here’s once such gem. It’s not Gates’ fault actually! At… Continue reading Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) at Windows 98 Demo by Bill Gates
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An Interview with Richard Stallman
Richard Mathew Stallman is the rightful father of the Free Software movement and an international celebrity by his own right. The man behind the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, it was he who propounded the General Public License (GPL), also dubbed ‘copyleft’ – a license that quite literally sets software free. Stallman is… Continue reading An Interview with Richard Stallman
Google’s april fool hoaxes for 2009
April First came and went with its set of jokes and hoaxes. Thankfully, I didn’t succumb to any, but for a few from our very own Google! Yeah right, Google too released its set of April Fool Hoaxes very promptly, this year! If you didn’t know, Google has a history of April Fool hoaxes in… Continue reading Google’s april fool hoaxes for 2009
An expert’s take on Satyam, Infy and the like…
A friend of mine – a budding entrepreneur, recently mailed me his frank assessment of today’s IT sector. He’s been working with the who’s who in the industry for over a year now. He’s read the diverse comments on my Infosys and thought he’d have his opinion here. This is what he has to say:… Continue reading An expert’s take on Satyam, Infy and the like…