MBA from ICFAI

Finally I have decided to join the distance learning MBA course from the ICFAI University. Since long I was just thinking about further studies. While I was at CMC, I applied for MS course from Bits Pilani but was rejected. Even last year I got the prospectus from the ICFAI when I was at L&T Infotech. but didn't act at that time. Now since I get more spare time, once again the thought of further studies cropped up. A small talk with Ramdas (my friend/manager at L&T) acted as a catalyst for further actions. I was then joined by Siddharth (friend from CMC). So Siddharth and I did some RnD on various courses offered by different Institutes. But Finally settled for ICFAI despite its very high fee (70K+) since the reviews about the course were mostly good. It is said to be a tough course. I am very excited about learning new stuff. Lets see how do I fair in it.

Great site..... great reviews

Just stumbled upon this very usefule site mouthshut.com. I had seen a few autos with a banner of this site but never bothered to visit it. Now while surfing I found it to be very good. Very neatly catogorized sections on everything. I mean EVERYTHING. they have reviews even on cooking oil. Let me get back to reading those interesting reviews. A must visit site before we decide to buy something. Visit it

Free software and a better society

Most of the people think that Free Source Software does not make any economic sense and hence will not be adopted by corporations. (Well actually FSS does make economic sense to RedHat, Novell, IBM and likes but that apart). People who have pride in being "Practicle" and always look the economical aspect first, here is my go.
Making Economic sense should not be the 1st priority. This was illustrated by an incident in Mumbai last week. It makes great economic sense getting hold of small kids aged 10-12 and make them work for 14-16 hours a day, 7 days a week .....till they die, without paying them a single rupee. You can also save a few more rupees by cutting down the expenses on food. Some of the kids were sold by their parents due to poverty. Since there is demand and supply, and the whole business is profitable to everyone (except the poor kid), there should be no problem with this right?
WRONG!!!
We should respect something called ethics/morals. And how does FSS relates to ethics? GO here to know about it . It is all about building a better society. That is where Free source software movement differs from Open source movement. I urge everyone reading this blog to read the links on the GNU site and be educated about the philosophy behind it. I am sure everybody wants a good society for our children, dont we? Use free software not because it is free as in free beer, or because it is technically superior, but because it is free as in free speech. All other reasons to adopt it are added bonus.

Solution for the Dance-Bar issue?

As said earlier I do not belive that a ban on the dance bar is going to work as intended. So here is my solution to the issue.

• Close all the bars which do not have proper license with them. This will reduce the number of dance bars to a manageble one. Also control the new licenses as well.
• make it compulsory for the bar owners to have cameras in the bars which will deliver the live telecast to the nearest police station.
  
• Employ a few people to monitor the activities in the bars via this telecast.
  
• Report all the suspicious activities. If somebody is throwing in thousands/lakhs of cash in a day, report it to the Income Tax department. I shouldnt be difficult for police to find out the real life identity once they have a video film

This will keep a tab on all the activies going on in the bars. :-)
What do you think? Is this practicle? Have I overlooked any obvious loophole?