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Microsoft’s Top 10 Innovations

sridharo — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:15:00 +0000

Its common to see Microsoft bashing in majority of the sites and the uber cool reviews for its competitors(not that they do something very extra ordinary).Here’s an interesting read I came across about the success of “Innovations in Microsoft” to be the largest tech company.Success & Innovation not necessarily of its products but in its business strategy. Click here for the slideshow.Below are the slide headings:

Slide1 :Intro

Slide2 :Software,Not Hardware

Slide3 :Office Suites

Slide4 :Tight control over OS access

Slide5 evelopers,Developers,Developers

Slide6 :Acquire the Also Rans

Slide7 :Fear,Uncertainity,Doubt

Slide8 :Turn competitors into OS features

Slide9 :Embrace and Extend

Slide10 atch Tuesdays

Slide11 :Old Product Bashing,Newest is Best

Supply!

sridharo — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:59:00 +0000

Wonder how the military gets its supplies/rations?
Here’s an important read.
As Sun Tzu said,”We may take it that an army without its baggage train is lost,withoust provisions it is lost,without bases of supply it is lost.”

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Me Shopping

sridharo — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:02:00 +0000

Last weekend I was in Hyderabad to finish the shopping mission undertaken by my parents which seemed to continue till eternity.I was called in as a saviour probably ’cause of my extremely low tolerance to spend time shopping.After much discussion(which was obviously one-way and thats definitely not my way),’we’ settled on a store that supposedly sells apparels at discounts.The store was my choice too when I was studying,considering the then shallow pockets.I had later changed my brand to Parx,premium casual lifestyle(!) by Park Avenue.
Don’t get me wrong.I have neither started earning so much nor ‘ve inherited a fortune(how i wish!)
It seems as though all my pockets have a custom made hole that drains all my money the day….nah the moment I put some money into it.
Owing to all the ‘grave’ considerations,we settled on this store called some blah blah mart.Having neither the inclination nor the liquidity to shop,I casually started to roam around the store looking around for well whatever.Putting my idle brain to use here’s my take on how they offer those steep discounts and still manage to run their show.

They have a premium brand called Bow(?) prominently displayed on all the billboards,ads.However the shelf space for this brand is hardly anything.I am sure the stock on the shelves are out of fashion probably for years now and in some rather eye catching colors favourite to Govinda (not that I care,I never go past the white/black shirts and blue jeans) .However what amazed me was they had shelves and shelves of striking and appealing designs of some other brand which I am sure even the most avid shopper hasn’t heard.These had jacked up prices.Imagine paying thousand bucks for a brand with a latin name So inadvertently,a guy like me who usually spends a max of 5 mins in a clothes store would buy these and realise after couple of months that they are to be used as floor mops.
Another amazing feat is that they have an home brand which always sells on discounted rates so as to say the mrp on the bill is actually including the discount.

Having made such a startling discovery which would benefit so many wo~~eful~~ men,I convinced my parents to shop elsewhere and took an oath never ever to enter another discount store unless ofcourse I am not paying!

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sridharo — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:58:00 +0000

For record, I don’t buy anything online.I do browse online but only for product specs,comparisions and ofcourse personal stuff.

The only reason I committed the sin of installing Mozilla browser(I use Safari Beta nowadays) on my machine was ’cause of its Ad bocker plugin. So as to say,I hate to see those countless ads/popups appearing everytime I open a site or read them.However things have reached to such a stage that my RSS feeds to Goog Reader have ads in them.Feeds from WSJ and Ars Technica have ads,which I am sure is both disgusting & distracting for many like me.

Inviting all the Tech Evangelists,to start and think about apps/sites with no ads.(Ok,change the no to few)

—Sri