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Ubuntu: Derivative or Fork?

By prasad | June 8, 2006

LXer: Ubuntu: derivative or fork?:
Ubuntu has something special that no other distribution ever had before. It shipped its own CDs to you, anywhere in the world for free. It has money (10 million USD from Mark Shuttleworth) and can afford that. For Linux newbies out there, Ubuntu is like Windows. In much the same way [...]

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Slashdot: Is Silicon Valley Reproducible?

By prasad | May 30, 2006

Slashdot | Is Silicon Valley Reproducible?
“Paul Graham, in his latest essay, looks at the ingredients which make Silicon Valley what it is. From the essay: ‘Could you reproduce Silicon Valley elsewhere, or is there something unique about it? It wouldn’t be surprising if it were hard to reproduce in other countries, because you couldn’t reproduce [...]

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Rags to Riches - Mr.Subramani Ramachandrappa

By prasad | May 29, 2006

Rags to riches: From Rs 30K to Rs 10 crore
Got link to this article from Nishi’s Blog. Story of one Mr.Subramani Ramachandrappa who started a company called Richcore. The article talks about the way he started a company when he was in a debt of Rs.25 million and now the company has a [...]

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Google and MySQL - The Differences

By prasad | May 29, 2006

http://www.navicasoft.com/Newsletters/February%202006%20Newsletter.htm
… virtually all of Google’s paid search runs on MySQL. In other words, the billions of dollars [...]

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