sundars

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24409490

Pi in ancient india https://souravroy.com/2011/01/07/pi-in-indian-mathematics/

i have worked with Red5 previously. Its a good streaming server for putting together a POC quickly but not the best tool for scalability and reliability. I wonder how this new effort scales on top of Red5

Apache OpenMeetings seem to have got all the features of a typical webmeeting but I wonder if it would be usable by a typical non-geek user

there is a big difference between online booking and going for sale as per the title OP has used!

whats the timezone shown in the pop out? Is it mine or can the user configure the timezone to be specified?

what if i have multiple google accounts and i want to show the aggregate availability. for example i have four sales reps and they all have free time between 10 am and 11 am. if all four are booked the end user should see the time slot as full, else till all four are booked the user should be able to book that time slot. if that possible?

In India flipkart.com and infibeam.com are similar to Amazon and it is rumored that amazon will launch services in India within 6 months or so. some background on this: http://www.sundarsubramanian.com/post/9915856535/ecommerce-g...

he said and DID it:

What will Amazon look like in five years? A place where you can buy anything and everything. And if that's your goal, you better have a tactic to accomplish it, a partnership strategy. For us, it's thousands of partners of all sizes and business models. That's what we're trying to do - within the context of being Earth's most customer-centric company.

-- Amazing...

At various times westerners who dont understand the various forces at work in india have predicted the fall of india. Churchill said: India will fall back quite rapidly through the centuries into the barbarism and privations of the Middle Ages (source: http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-w...)

Even we Indian barely understand all the forces and the interplay so I dont hold it too much against ppl who pass such pronouncements.

In the last 30 years or so in every parameter (health/education/life span) India has developed and this has happened to all stratas of sosciety. Please understand that I am not refuting the nytimes article. I am saying that poor people are also getting better.

Estimates for India also indicate a continuing decline in poverty. The revised estimates suggest that the percentage of people living below $1.25 a day in 2005 (which, based on India’s PPP rate, works out to Rs 21.6 a day in urban areas and Rs 14.3 in rural areas in 2005 ) decreased from 60% in 1981 to 42% in 2005. Source: http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHA...

Yes, the rich are getting richer but the poor are also getting a bit better.

I have hope.

its interesting how the idea of US being run by a plutocracy is gaining credibility. Buffet mentioned it couple of days ago: http://english.themarker.com/warren-buffett-the-u-s-is-movin...

One of the most important fact form this article which is likely to be overlooked is : "the Prineville facility runs at 85°F with a 65 percent relative humidity". Running at such a high humidity + Temp combination is impressive esp when you look at the money saved in environmental costs.

what you are saying is true. But one does needs to standup to one's beliefs. I did bachelors education in India, Masters in Compu Sc in US. returned to India, founder of a startup which was eventually sold to a US listed company. So it is possible to do it. Just needs relentless determination as PG says

what time of the day did you submit it?

I think people are ready to pay for simplicity and ease of use. examples: Dropbox (as opposed to box.net), hipmunk (as opposed to so many.... Orbitz, expedia, etc)

you can watch the decline of SKS Microfinance the poster boy of Micro-finance in India: http://www.google.com/finance?q=NSE:SKSMICRO

i see some bright lines between indian cities esp mumbai and the gulf region.

btw, i wonder who you are....as you are also a Sundar

Its interesting to see many connections within India. Also India and countries in Western Asia seem more connected than India and US (which is what I was expecting assuming the FB population in India)

It does look like apart from building a great product in an exciting space Jay may not have done a bunch of things required for making an acquisition happen. Things like being on the radar of a clearly articulated internal champion in the acquiring company, getting multiple outside sources to recommend the acquisition, getting all the stakeholders on board and committed, getting personal and professional growth arrows of stakeholders aligned, getting a stalking horse to create competition for the acquiring company, etc

sending regular (say once in 2-3 weeks) updates about the company could be a good way of staying on the radar

nice to see you pivot as fready. i do think that your idea and implementation has legs (http://sundarsubramanian.com/learning-from-a-y-combinator-in...)