Kind of gives you a clear indication where Sun (NASDAQ: SUNW) is headed, doesn’t it? It does give me a warm feeling too knowing Sun is so much committed to Java, a language I have been working on since 1996. The change will go into effect on Aug. 27.

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This is a rejoinder to Frank’s article on the same topic. He discusses 13 scenarios. I would like to point to one simple way to spot a bad architect and also how you can spot a good architect.

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I was contacted by ProjectLocker to review their new service: Subversion Analytics. I took the service through the paces using their demo account. If you are considering hosted Subversion and Subversion analytics service then this review is a must read for you.

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All hell breaks loose! Imagine this: “Most of us are only pretending to work while secretly hoping the project gets canceled after you get fired by the board”. Today’s Dilbert is a bit of fresh air after days of stale Elbonian humor on outsourcing.

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Overseas outsourcing has transformed U.S. economy. Now some families are adopting outsourcing for personal tasks, getting them done for a fraction of what they would cost at home.
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We are currently processing huge amount of sensitive corporate data for a Fortune 500 company as the first phase of a project. You have to be very careful in data processing, much more than any standard programming effort. Here are few tips you may find useful when programming to process sensitive data in bulk. Get your best (wo)men on the job.

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I am going on a business trip to USA, tentatively on 24th of November. I will be around Carlsbad, California. The trip is for 10 days (including 3 days of travelling). I will be doing what I love to do most - envisioning and architecting next generation (read Web 3.0) web applications for my (S&P 500) client. I think it will be something worth remembering, if we can even get to do 10% of what we are envisioining.

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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. The presentation may be slightly cryptic to some as there are not much notes to go by. However overall it provides a good summary of possibilities of IT entrepreneurship landscape in India and lots of ideas to learn more about and move forward on. I briefly touched upon BPO, Software Outsourcing, Software product development and finally funding options.

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RenACoder is used to outsource projects at riduculously low prices. RentACoder, in my experience, often contains dubious project postings which are clearly for unethical purposes. Today’s project stands out for its clarity of purpose - to subvert Yahoo Mail’s spam prevention techniques.

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