Some Random Thoughts

Lets all accept a few facts: All of the Key Civilian Indian Nuclear Reactors are running at less then their rated capacity. The main reason for this is lack of quality fuel. We got some emergency shipments from Russia last year but those stocks will not last for ever. WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY CHOICES. Read the 123 agreement carefully along with the Henry Hyde Act. While there is a provision for termination of the agreement this requires a determination by the President of USA that the suspension/termination will not harm the interests of the USA. The stakes for both India and US are substantially raised in the event of the termination of the agreement. The Agreement has been created basis the explicit acceptance by the USA that India is a responsible Nuclear Power. Testing for the sake of testing is not-responsible. If testing of a nuclear device has to be carried out by India in the present geopolitical scenerio that would happen only of China was to take a offensive posture. N...

I have been looking back over the last 5 years trying to recollect what has changes in all of this time. Has india moved forward or has it recessed into some thing thats difficult to describe.. At the end of all the thought process there are even more questions then there are answers. Yet there are some conclusions that once can reach: Inequality in India has increased for sure. The Rich are becoming super rich. The Poor become super poor. The middle class end up paying for every one i.e. the Super Rich and the Super Poor. The triad of the Politicians, the Bureaucrats and the Businessmen is out to sell this country to the highest bidder. Corruption if at all is becoming more and more rampant. Okey some folks will claim that corruption has decreased but one needs to put things in perspective. One of the most vibrant sectors of the economy is real estate development, and if one was to look around we find that the lobby of Bureaucrats, Builders and Politicians typically bend all rule...

Another view: Don’t expect SOA to fix ERP quagmire by ZDNet 's Joe McKendrick -- ERP, or enterprise software systems, have gained little for companies, and SOA is too slow to make a dent in the complexity these systems have wrought.

Hi All, I have been reading the newspapers about the recall of toys manufactured by the chinese. Reasons, Huge level of lead content in the paint used in the toys and the Magnet fiasco.. As a concerned parent of a 3 year old I think its time that India banned the imports of toys made in China. What are your thoughts?

Hey guys there is this interesting article on Oracle introducing a low priced bundle for SMB Markets.. The Article can be accessed from here . However the critical question of how the BIG O will support these companies remains. There is another question for the folks out there, Is this something really new.. Well the answer to that is a BIG NO. BIG O has always has a very lucrative price on the Enterprise Bundle for companies creating packaged solutions using the Oracle Platform. This meant that the $1500 / Seat license was always available for a lot less. U just had to know where and how to get it. For companies in the partner ecosystem of the BIG O, this may not be the best news. They will now be compelled to make a decision between BO and the BIG O. BO being the traditional frontend of choice on Oracle based BI Solutions. The market is consolidating and its predicted that if BIG O acquires either BO or Cognos then IBM will acquire the surviver. This pricing strategy least to say wi...

Okey folks this blog is going to be senseless since I am writing this blog before I leave for home for the day.. I am hearing this audio blog called Beware of the Walking dead .. Makes sense I have seen this happening on some of the Telecoms projects I have carried out.. To be specific I saw this happening when I was in a Eastern European country. The objective of this project  was to model the probablity of churn in the pre-paid segment. What we found very interestingly was that the behavior of the guys who were most likely to churn resembled the walking dead.. Intersting since I did not have a term for them at that point of time.. Hehe we just called them ROAD KILLS..

Its been a year since I took a break.. I think Its time that I did that.. How and where should I go I have still not made up my mind on.. But a monsoon break will be a welcome respite.. I have joined this site called linkedin and its been fun meeting all of the folks you can touch base with.. The world of WEB2.0 indeed opens up possibilities that did not exist a couple of years ago.. So what been big on the news this week. I would say The return of the Atlantis space shuttle, The presidential election nominations, Some very heavy showers and some friends coming over for the weekend. I will be doing some cool stuff over the week. If it is successful we will have created a really cool application. I think I love what I am doing right now. The day I get bored it will be time to move on.. Powered by ScribeFire .