(This is post is off-topic.) President Musharraf of Pakistan appeared tonight on The Daily Show to promote his autobiographical book In the Line of Fire. He displayed his intellectual capability and ability to communicate. The interview started with Jon Stewart serving tea to the General/President. The interview was soft relative to the usual Jon Stewart […]
Archives for September 2006
Ever heard of UFIDA, KingDee, Tally?
Well, you may never have heard of these enterprise software vendors but they are the giants from China and India. KingDee and UFIDA are #1 and #3 vendors in China and Tally is the top local vendor in India. Gartner recently predicted that a large vendor will emerge from China and India over the next […]
Venture Chronicles’ Jeff moves on from SAP
Jeff Nolan just announced on his blog Venture Chronicles that he has resigned from SAP and will be doing something new- which makes me curious. I learned a few things about the art of blogging while working for a large enterprise sofware company from simply following his blog. I also learned a lot more about […]
Friday Special: End of disease could lead to fallout in airline industry
I was listening to someone on NPR forecasting a distant future where we would no longer age due to advances in genetics and disease would be mostly stamped out. It led me to ask the question what would that do to the airline industry? Yes, the airline industry. My logic goes as follows. We make […]