May 19th, 2008 by shashi

Britain’s Prime Minister understands the internet and the power it brings to the masses. So also do the Chinese

May 16th, 2008 by shashi

Over the last few days, several mergers and acquisitions took place. HP buying EDS was the hot news.

But more interesting than that are the mergers happening in the internet media world, which IMHO is a pointer that the industry needs consolidation big time.

CBS bought CNET Networks, Condé Nast bought Ars Technica, Vodafone bought a Social Networking Startup – ZYB.

Particularly interesting is the Condé Nast deal. With the latest one, they have three of the most popular and high-traffic websites of the tech world – Wired, Reddit and Ars Technica.

May 7th, 2008 by shashi

• Was Microsoft really interested in buying Yahoo! ?
• Did Jerry Yang do the right thing by rebuffing Ballmer ?
• Will the Yahoo! investors remain quiet even after losing out on the deal ?
• Does Microsoft realise they could/can never integrate Yahoo into their own ?

• Would the merger have been a good thing for Zimbra users ?
• Did Microsoft lose out on it’s only chance of becoming a contributor to Open Source ?
• Would projects like Hadoop, YUI, Zimbra died a premature death under the Microsoft’s management ?

• Seemingly unrelated events influence one’s personal and professional lives in ways that can not be even imagined.