Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates, launches the next generation of integrated computing platform – Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 in India on December 9, 2005. Joining in the celebration is the Indian Rock band – Parikrama with a rock song just for our Indian developers. Called `Superhero‘ [...]

Here is a classic, “Create or Perish”, by Dr. Robert Rines available at MIT open course ware explains how the patent system works. The patents surrounding telephone were used to illustrate various issues with the system. Wrt to software products, whether you believe in the patent system or in open source, this is good read [...]

Strategy is a long term plan that gives an edge. Suicide is a fool’s strategy to get an edge over death. SUN Microsystems announced in a Press Release recently that most of its Middleware and Development tools are now ‘free’ to use. Not long ago, SUN made its flagship OS, solaris unix free and open [...]