.NET From India

ASP.NET Overtakes JSP and Java Servlets

A NetCraft survey points at the increase in number of sites using ASP.NET and these have overtaken the JSP based sites.

A lot of diff to catch up to Cold Fusion though...:-)

(This was pointed out by a fellow India MVP, Gangadhara)

Scarcity of Posts

I have not posted anything for about 4 days now. That is mostly due to a overload of work coming up suddenly and having to do some stuff to get my US visa processed etc. Hopefully should be back in action from later today...:-)

VS.NET 2005 Technical Preview is out

VS.NET 2005 (Whidbey) Community Techinical Preview Edition is avbl for download for MSDN Subscribers.

I will have to wait for the CDs/DVD as it is a huge 2.67GB....:-(

China Bans Typepad Sites

It looks like China has banned access to typepad sites. There was some posts in the user forums on this, but it seems to be official now. Glutter has more information.

Gnome.org hacked into

Geek.com reports that Gnome.org has been hacked into and that they are not yet sure if the Gnome source code is compromised.

Two thing that I think is becoming more common now. Hackers are attacking OSS sites too nowadays and Linux is not hacker proof (No software really is). But this also points to the fact that Linux is being used more and more and so is getting a to be a very attractive target for hackers.

(via MoniterTan)

A Orkut Feature I like

I just found an Orkut feature I really like...

I just logged in and it gave me a reminder for an upcoming birthday.. I have such a bad memory for dates and events that I am always at the receiving end of scoldes for missing important dates. This would be a real life saver for me.

Only problem is, my mother does not use a computer yet!!!

A development framework for games

MS is releasing a framework for games developers called XNA, that unifies games development on both the XBox and Windows platform.

(via John Porcaro)

1000 Visitors in a Day

More than 1000 people (page view count, 400-600 is the avg page view count I have) have visited my blog in the last 24 hours. Mostly for the Java Desktop post...:-)

And thanks to Rory for linking to that post, thus making sure that it remains at the top of "Most Interesting Post" in this blog.

New Windows TCO vs. Linux TCO Study

Microsoft Watch points to a new independent study done by Yankee on Windows TCO vs. Linux TCO.

Yankee Independently Pits Windows TCO vs. Linux TCO

As other researchers who have compared Windows and Linux TCO have ascertained, "Linux is most assuredly not free," the Yankee study found - "a fact that corporations now begin to realize."

All of the major Linux vendors and distributors including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Novell and Red Hat "have begun charging hefty premiums for must-have items like technical service and support, product warranties and licensing indemnification," the study found.

"It's beginning to look a lot like, well Windows," DiDio quipped.

Traffic...

People seem to want to know about Java crashing...:-)

That post has been receiving a tremendous amount of traffic today. My site averages around a hit every half hour and today it is averaging a hit every 3-4 minutes....