Just read an article that said that the US stand on intellectual property is hypocritical because its own prosperity was based on rampant piracy. The article provides a completely new perspective on piracy.The article appeared in the Business World magazine  and is based on a book named Trade Secrets: Intellectual Piracy And The Origins of...

While reading a discussion on IndicThreads titled Making money with open source, I came across a comment that referred to a site openflows.org and their experience at getting businesses to adopt open source. On checking the site, I found a section there that I thought I should share. It has some points that can be used by anyone struggling to...

Eclipse vs NetBeans ...On which side are you on? Comments to my earlier blog Eclipse vs NetBeans suggest that many users like the ready to use nature of NetBeans yet many others feel that it is some way behind Eclipse. I wonder if things have changed with NetBeans 4.1 and its support for not just JSP/Servlet apps but full fledged J2EE apps with...

Sabeer Bhatia, the founder of Hotmail said in a recent interview that Bangalore, the hub of the Indian IT industry is right now more of a Services Valley rather than a Silicon Valley because Cont ... @ Mr. Hotmail raises key issue about Indian IT industry

Sabeer Bhatia, the founder of Hotmail said in a recent interview that Bangalore, the hub of the Indian IT industry is right now more of a Services Valley rather than a Silicon Valley because Cont ... @ Mr. Hotmail raises key issue about Indian IT industry

I just read an article "Hiring the phantom Java architect". The article raises some questions about the role of a Java developer and a Java architect. Are these two separate entities or is there some overlap? Can an architect also be a developer? What should be the division of work between an architect and a developer? Cont ... @ Java Architect...

I just read an article "Hiring the phantom Java architect". The article raises some questions about the role of a Java developer and a Java architect. Are these two separate entities or is there some overlap? Can an architect also be a developer? What should be the division of work between an architect and a developer? Cont ... @ Java Architect...

The second edition of the Best Java Blogger Contest is currently in progress at IndicThreads.com. You can win the following three books: Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition Joel on Software The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World Best Java Blogger 2 Contest (29th April - 31st May 2005)

The second edition of the Best Java Blogger Contest is currently in progress at IndicThreads.com. You can win the following three books: Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition Joel on Software The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World Best Java Blogger 2 Contest (29th April - 31st May 2005)

Is AJAX worth adopting? AJAX is everywhere. In a remarkably short time, AJAX has become the most talked about topic in Java circles. Why is AJAX so hot? Google deserves the credit for that. Google has kept surprising users with amazing user interfaces on Gmail, Maps, Suggest and what not. We saw GMail, we said "Wow this GMail interface is...

Is AJAX worth adopting? AJAX is everywhere. In a remarkably short time, AJAX has become the most talked about topic in Java circles. Why is AJAX so hot? Google deserves the credit for that. Google has kept surprising users with amazing user interfaces on Gmail, Maps, Suggest and what not. We saw GMail, we said "Wow this GMail interface is...

Its now been quite a while since I got back from the US. I was there in the months of June and July 2004. I am based in India which is almost on the other side of the globe from the US. The shortest route between the two nations might just be through the centre of the earth. As most would be aware, India has become a major IT hub and traveling...

Its now been quite a while since I got back from the US. I was there in the months of June and July 2004. I am based in India which is almost on the other side of the globe from the US. The shortest route between the two nations might just be through the centre of the earth. As most would be aware, India has become a major IT hub and traveling...

BookPool.com is featuring my list of favorite books at Harshad Oak's 10 Favorite Books. The link appears on the BookPool.com homepage, so I guess the list must be pretty well read. It took some time and effort to remember the books I have read ...

BookPool.com is featuring my list of favorite books at Harshad Oak's 10 Favorite Books. The link appears on the BookPool.com homepage, so I guess the list must be pretty well read. It took some time and effort to remember the books I have read ...