I was amazed to find Microsoft design engineer Mugunthan Mugundan teaching Java (how to create REST output using Java) using Eclipse IDE. I found it rich in irony at many levels. What do you think?

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Months after Microsoft announced its intention to buy Yahoo, it appears they are finally coming together. Microsoft appears to be willing to raise the price to 32-33$ per share while Yahoo board would be satisfied with $35. Do the math.

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Watch Sun Microsystem’s CEO, Jonathan Scwartz caught flat-footed in a drooling prank conducted in connivance with a Venture Capitalist (Ted Schlein on Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers?).

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There is an old trick from Dos days (still valid in all windows under cmd prompt or even command.com) when we wanted to create a quick file without loading up edit (edit.com) was to use copy con. The exact syntax is:
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1. Login to the Admin account (not the normal account)
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Here is a simple command to auto repair, check and optimize all the tables in all databases running on a MySQL server:

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I am serious. While MySQL is a great open source database, I have full respect to Sun’s plan to provide high-end features for paying customers only. After all they are in the business of making money and not philanthropy, last I checked.

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More than a year after Windows Vista’s release, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and millions of sales later Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer admits Windows Vista to be a “work in progress”.

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The pressure of one unholy alliance (Microsoft + Yahoo) may lead to another (Google + Yahoo). According to WSJ:
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Microsoft sales team has too much free time on their hands to make a terribly inept music video about Vista. For some reason it really made me sick in my stomach.

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