On the value of Star Programmers in Product Development or Hitting the high notes

April 26th, 2005 In response to my post PHP development practices from a Java Architects eye, Jeff Moore had some thoughts. I posted my response (to his reponse to my post) in his post.

November 5th, 2006 I gave a presentation on IT entrepreneurship at National Institute of Technology Durgapur to MBA students and local entrepreneurs in summer of this year. The presentation was in my laptop which I finally got a chance to open today.

March 12th, 2004 People hate abrupt changes to the way they work. So changes have to be introduced, slowly but steadily.

June 19th, 2006 Microsoft Corp. is developing a music and video device to compete with Apple's iPod and creating its own music service to rival Apple's iTunes, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.

February 8th, 2006 Java is the No. 1 language on planet earth, high performing and very easy to use.

February 9th, 2006 I have been interviewing several freshers who were taught Java in engineering schools under computer science curriculum. Interviewing them highlighted serious problems with their education as well as with the system.

June 1st, 2005 Sun Microsystems (SUNW), the creator of Java Programming Language, is offering Java Associate (SCJA) Beta Certification Exam freely from June 20 - July 15, 2005. Registration has started from today.

March 10th, 2006 I want to propose a simple set of requirements for Java framework authors to help make their framework easily understandable and widely accepted. He also gets all the fame and glory of Java world (wouldn't mind if he mentions my contribution) and in all likelyhood gets free passes to conferences.

December 20th, 2004 Ellison Brookes developer in James Goslings thoughts agrees with James Gosling that Sun's strangle hold of the APIs leads to greater stablilty. This is true.

August 16th, 2005 With tweaks and modifications, Java is finding a home in critical real-time applications ranging from the military to telecommunications For several years real-time versions of Java from smaller companies such as Aonix, Aicas and Apogee Software have jousted for market share. Now, large companies such as Sun Microsystems Inc.

April 11th, 2006 Silent installation of Java SDK (Software development kit) This applies to 32-bit Windows and silent installation of the J2SE Software Development Kit (SDK). JavaTM 2 SDK (J2SDK) installations are built using InstallShield Developer 8.02, which is based on Microsoft Window Installer 2.0.

August 20th, 2009 Oracle: Justice Dept OK's Sun dealSAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.

September 9th, 2009 Cablevision prices $900M senior notes offeringNEW YORK — Cablevision Systems Corp. on Wednesday said it priced a $900 million private placement of debt.

April 22nd, 2005 I had to do some hardcore PHP development recently. I got a new perspective on PHP during this time.

June 30th, 2006 Most Java programmers attempt to use Ruby like they use Java, similar to the mistakes C/C++ programmers commit when transitioning to Java. However Ruby provides a cleaner programming paradigm which if embibed can be effectively used to solve your problems.