Today its been 5 days since the Bapu passed away. I am still not in shape to
write about him. But i am well enough to try and start to move on. So as a
first step i am updating this blog. Lot !!! i mean lot has happened within
last two-three months. The lack of updated entries in my blog is not without
reason and there has been lots happning in outside world too... the world
outside my life, the world of slashdot, formula one and lkml that is.(Nothing
to do with _real_ outside world.) This blog entry will be mostly about the
later one. The other events demand their own blog entries if not blogs
themselves. But more on that someday later.
First and foremost Ferrari is at the bottom. This is perhaps the most
significant moment in formula one history. Ferrari is known to make a
comeback. They are champs for 6 consecutive years. and the fans are waiting.
This time we will find out who are the real Ferrari guies and who is just a
bluff. I for one am sticking with Ferrari. They have the most beautifull car
and i can't take my eyes off it.Unfortunately the rule changes have taken
their toll and Ferrari deciding to just modify the car rather than bring in
new one early is at clear loss. The last two races however they did launch
the new car and Schume was back on podium starting from 13th place ... i
think THEY ARE BACK !!!! lets just wait and see. As i said before only time
and the checkered flag will tell.
The second significant thing to happen was the launch of Mac OS X 10.3
"TIGER". This has been very hyped up thing. Lot of good reviews and quite
frankly an admirable creation. Unfortunately the noise about Apple and OSS
relationship is a sour spot in this whole OS X saga. Darwin is nothing but a
PR stunt as far as i interprete it. KHTML people just declared to stop
talking about the wonderfull Apple-KDE cooperation happening in the browser
front, "it does not exist" they said. Overall apple looks stronger though. OS
X is something i really feel good about, and gets my praise, which is a rare
occasion. Although i am not likely to use mac any time sooner, i would ask
people to switch to it untill linux gets good enough.
On linux front the demise of bitkeeper is something significant. But more
ashtonishing is creation of GIT. A home grown source management tool.In the
end i wonder if linux will end up being a full operating system on its own,
all we have to do is stop producing good quality desktop and somehow make
linus want one :-)). Anyway, immediate action item is : LEARN GIT.
Long time no see SCO stories are now popping up again. Basically its a lost
battle and a war for SCO. I remember the times when my company director was
surprised and was talking about linux troubles. I never felt any. As
always :-)) i was right :-))>>.
Lot of other things happened in these months too but thats all that i care
about and i can recall right now.
To heighlight other stuff in my own personal life...well
1. i found the girl of my dreams :-)).
2. i quit my job and found something to do for myself :-||.
3. i lost my grandfather :-((.
Wishing a happy second quarter to everyone...... (boy!!, i have started using
corporate terms :-(( )
Abhijit
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