1. Lakshmi Mittal -  World Rank 4
2. Mukesh Ambani - World Rank 5
3. Anil Ambani -      World Rank 6
4. Kushal Pal Singh - World Rank 8

If only the Ambani brothers hadn’t split, they would have been the richest in the world.

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Torrent links for Ubuntu.

Torrent is the most efficient way to download as it doesn’t depend on the infrastructure of the central server and each download PC also becomes a host.

If you don’t already have a torrent client and want to quickly get started, try µTorrent the smallest Bittorrent client (just 214KB) .

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Whats good:

Looks good, better than most hatchbacks in the same category.

Its a 1.1 engine which it shares with the Santro and the Getz Prime 1.1.

It has tubeless tyres. Now its easy to get tubeless types repaired and they are convenient so you don’t get stuck in the middle of the highway with a flat tyre.

Option of sunroof, not much use when its hot, but some people fancy it.

Motor Driven Power Steering, better than Santros Hydraulic Power Steering.

Tilt Steering: You can adjust the steering wheel. A boon for tall/well built people.

Good driver legroom.

High scores on safety:

Option for ABS and airbags.

Whats Not good:
Front seat headrests are not adjustable.

No high seating like the Santro, which is a boon to people with knee problems.

Safety features: Airbags and ABS are optional, why not make them standard?

Now the car didn’t take away all the awards just like that? It was the Car of the Year of most of the Auto magazines in India. Its likely to replace the Santro at some point of time but Santro buyers/users need not worry. From what I have heard, the sales of Santro is very good today and is not likely to be discontinued anytime soon.

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Maruti Suzuki Swift Vs. Hyundai Getz

Honda Jazz coming to India

Hyundai Santro Vs. Maruti Suzuki Wagon-R

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Mozilla Firefox’s share of the enterprise desktop market has reached 18 percent, according to a new Forrester report.

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“Sometimes it better not to ask-or to listen-when people tell you something can’t be done. I didn’t ask for permission or approval. I just went ahead and did it.”

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Currently India has 250 million mobile subscribers as per last count and will be 300 million by end of April 2008.

US has 260 million and China is at 550 million.

Way to go!

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But before you make the move, here are a few suggestions on the best practices to be followed before moving to Linux on the desktop.

1. If you are already using Microsoft Office, consider switching to open source applications on Windows first . For example, if people primarily need an Office Suite move to OpenOffice on Windows and then to OpenOffice on Linux. This will make the transition a lot easier when you move to Linux because users have more resistance while moving away from their favourite applications. They are attached to their favour Excel macro, Outlook short-cut or even their favourite game of Solitaire. Fortunately OpenOffice can run their Excel macros and provide a familiar look and feel.

Organisations have already saved a fortune by moving to OpenOffice alone. Ninety percent of users in any organisation need only ten percent of the functionality and OpenOffice today has most of the functionality an average user would use and a lot more. In fact today OpenOffice has many nice features such as export to PDF, native support for OpenDoc Format (ODF) and support for Microsoft file formats. It can also export presentations to Macromedia Flash.

In addition to the office suite, Mozilla Firefox is an excellent browser. It is the fastest growing browser, it is secure and there are lots of extensions with which you can enhance the browser for your requirements. Removing the fees for MS Office in your company and introducing open source applications is a great way to break down resistance in organisations to making the leap to Linux on the desktop.

See below for Some Open Source alternatives to popular applications

Windows Applications	Open Source Alternatives (These run on Both Windows and Linux)
MS Office	OpenOffice.org
Outlook Express	Mozilla Thunderbird
Internet Explorer	Mozilla Firefox
Photoshop	Gimp
MSN/Yahoo Messenger/ICQ Chat Client	Pidgin
Windows Media Player	VLC Media Player

2. If you are investing in new computers for new users or applications. This is good time to start directly with Linux. Particularly fixed function workstations which are only running 1-2 applications such as POS terminals, Data Entry machine, call center PCs, etc. Eliminating paying for a fullWindows license for a fixed function is an easy justifications for moving to a Linux desktop in your business.
3. A low impact way of persuading key people in the organisation to consider Linux is to ‘dual boot’ their windows machine with Linux. This is a very simple process usually and at start-up the user can choose which operating system to use. Very often, there will be some key hold-outs in any company who advocate no change. Increasing their familiarity with Linux, reassuring them that it works on standard machines and that it is compatible with their peripherals will go a long way to making the switch to Linux easier. It also offers them the reassurance of switching back to Windows should the decision not be made to go with Linux
4. Change your IT policy! When buying new applications, computers or peripherals ensure that you buy products that work well with Linux. This protects you in the future. When tomorrow you move to Linux, you aren’t stuck with legacy applications which can’t be ported.
5. And last but not the least. Invest some of the savings that you get from the licenses into training and support. This will ensure that users are more comfortable and they have access to expert support to rely on

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From this article:
Sony: “If (the Eee PC from) Asus starts to do well, we are all in trouble.”

You better be . Its high time customers stop paying a thousand dollars for typing emails, which be done as well on a $100 PC running Linux.

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