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orangemedhas: whats in the name?

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Orangemedhas is the name of the software company we founded.  So, what is in the name?
The name is derived from two words “orange” and “medhas”.  Medhas means intelligence in Sanskrit and orange is a color that signifies strength and endurance.  There is another reason why “orange” is good - “O Range”, “Oka Range” and “One […]

Choosing the right MTA - Part 2

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

The following are two articles on LWN about the mail transfer agents.  The second would be available for free reading after September 7th, 2006.
A Comparision of Mail Transfer Agents  - Part I
A Comparision of Mail Transfer Agents - PartII

Choosing the right MTA

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

What are the general expectations from an MTA?

Perform its primary task of sending mails. Should allow custom mail routes, sending via a SMTP server, envelope rewrite, virtual hosting.
Allow interfacing with spam and anti-virus utilities
Support authentication using the already existing authentication systems in my organization
Efficient mail storage (mbox is obsolete)
Support quotas
Easy to configure, help the […]

Ubuntu: Derivative or Fork?

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

LXer: Ubuntu: derivative or fork?:
Ubuntu has something special that no other distribution ever had before. It shipped its own CDs to you, anywhere in the world for free. It has money (10 million USD from Mark Shuttleworth) and can afford that. For Linux newbies out there, Ubuntu is like Windows. In much the same way […]

Slashdot: Is Silicon Valley Reproducible?

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Slashdot | Is Silicon Valley Reproducible?
“Paul Graham, in his latest essay, looks at the ingredients which make Silicon Valley what it is. From the essay: ‘Could you reproduce Silicon Valley elsewhere, or is there something unique about it? It wouldn’t be surprising if it were hard to reproduce in other countries, because you couldn’t reproduce […]

Rags to Riches - Mr.Subramani Ramachandrappa

Monday, May 29th, 2006

Rags to riches: From Rs 30K to Rs 10 crore
Got link to this article from Nishi’s Blog. Story of one Mr.Subramani Ramachandrappa who started a company called Richcore. The article talks about the way he started a company when he was in a debt of Rs.25 million and now the company has a […]

Google and MySQL - The Differences

Monday, May 29th, 2006

http://www.navicasoft.com/Newsletters/February%202006%20Newsletter.htm
… virtually all of Google’s paid search runs on MySQL. In other words, the billions of dollars […]

Orangemedhas - How it all began?

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

Sometime in the beginning of the 5th semester at IIIT, a couple of us met in Sitha’s room (#152, OBH, IIIT Hyderabad) and were casually discussing about our just finished summer internships. All of us had one common opinion - the companies have a very poor way of managing people and ensuring the processes. […]