tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363995732525593758Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:37:54 +0000Brain dump of Dinesh Shah...http://dineshah.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dinesh Shah)Blogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363995732525593758.post-3065822301945535894Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:24:00 +00002009-03-15T19:54:22.983+05:30 Shah Micro System Simplicity, Redefined. sales@shahmicro.com +91-98213-11906Are you a user sick of viruses, spyware and the like? Would yourather use something more secure? If your answer is "yes",congratulations! You can have much better security and stability! Are you a user who needs to use the computer for surfing theInternet, emailing, playing multimedia etc? Would you rather http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dineshah/~3/QuxD31s0AW4/linux-brochure-content.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dinesh Shah)0http://dineshah.blogspot.com/2009/03/linux-brochure-content.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363995732525593758.post-3016910795626681304Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:44:00 +00002008-11-18T16:14:36.038+05:30 Hello FOSSers, I believe that there are many students on this list. I would like to ask them few questions about their FOSS usage and adoption. I would love to hear from you guys and gals using FOSS. I will compile the list of reasons and put it up for everyone. This should help people who conduct workshops and seminars in the colleges to create more appealing presentations for students. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dineshah/~3/9p3Xp4yb1Ho/why-are-you-using-gnulinux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dinesh Shah)0http://dineshah.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-are-you-using-gnulinux.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363995732525593758.post-2940896592720528833Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:43:00 +00002008-11-18T16:13:47.263+05:30 I am now writing all these blogs using a cool WordPress app on iPhone. Now I am getting hang of the writing blogs and using lots of travel time in writing this blogs. Over the period I hope to improve my typing speed on iPhone’s virtual keyboard. At times the auto correct sucks. Have to turn off auto correct and see if improve the over all quality of the writing. I think, there is heavy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dineshah/~3/Z35I6TXXVmE/blog-writing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dinesh Shah)1http://dineshah.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-writing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363995732525593758.post-4587963590192191102Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:42:00 +00002008-11-18T16:12:56.372+05:30 In India we say and believe that we are governed by a democratically elected representatives. However, if you look at the numbers of voter turn-out and total vote share of wining candidates and political parties they represent, you will be shocked to know that neither individual candidates nor the parties they represent have vote share of more then 40%! If you look at that figure http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dineshah/~3/VLDGUnTa6j8/electoral-reforms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dinesh Shah)0http://dineshah.blogspot.com/2008/11/electoral-reforms.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363995732525593758.post-6055087720831322250Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:40:00 +00002008-11-18T16:11:40.772+05:30The other day I was discussing with Venky from Red Hat about the software patent scene in India. He is very active and vocal in opposing the software patents in India. Few important points that we discussed were - 1. Why patents should not be granted for any software, either independently or along with hardware? The software is already protected by Copyright Laws. Why software should be given http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dineshah/~3/V5T4kLilJ7c/on-software-patents-in-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dinesh Shah)0http://dineshah.blogspot.com/2008/11/on-software-patents-in-india.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363995732525593758.post-2920839988714424871Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:40:00 +00002008-11-18T16:10:47.561+05:30 As times goes by, my todo list growing longer and longer. To make and manage my todo list have become a project in itself! There are so many areas to work on. I generally classify my todo list in following categories. Work/careerFinanceHomeSocial Being a techie I have many tools at my disposal. Learning those tools in itself a task! So what am I using now and how do I find those tools? 1. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dineshah/~3/qkXN3jsHZes/my-growing-todo-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dinesh Shah)1http://dineshah.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-growing-todo-list.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363995732525593758.post-4519236307598198072Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:37:00 +00002008-11-18T16:09:33.963+05:30 So I want to start blogging. But I’m afraid that I have no writing skills nor discipline to regularly write! What should I do? Well, there is no harm in trying! So this is my first attempt! Few questions that comes to mind are - What should I write about? As usual my head is swamped with so many ideas. The real issue is arteculating these ideas in right and concise and logical manner. Can Ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dineshah/~3/Utd3VNv1Hxo/how-do-i-start-blogging.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dinesh Shah)0http://dineshah.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-do-i-start-blogging.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363995732525593758.post-324084047927904617Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:12:00 +00002006-12-23T21:03:38.966+05:30Customer: A customer is someone who makes use or receives of the products or services of an individual or organization. Types of Customers Customers can be classified into two main groups: internal and external. Internal customers work for the organisation, possibly in another department or another branch. External customers are essentially the general public.. Internal Customers * People http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dineshah/~3/G-5JqNO3fME/foss-customers-consumers-community-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dinesh Shah)0http://dineshah.blogspot.com/2006/12/foss-customers-consumers-community-and.html