Bloody bollocks SUN Microsystem

I Don't Like SUN Anymore

Back in the day.. I was first introduced to the wonderful world of
UNIX in college. After starting my engineering courses, our
professors would advise us to use UNIX machines. Incidentally,
most of them were SUN boxes. For any of you out there who
doesn't know what UNIX is, to put it bluntly, UNIX is the hercules
of computers. Think PC or Mac on steroids.

Well, SUN is one company that makes UNIX machines.. And for
a period in my life, there was nothing more fascinating, more
powerful than a SUN. You could do supercalafragilisticexpielidocious
stuff on the box, and it won't falter. Suffice to say, I fell in love with
it....

I think the relationship though has watered down now.. and
in fact soured, as I venture into the world of super computing.
For the 3rd time in a row, a SUN parallel computing system
failed in Shell. As the company grew in business, its technical
superiority was also needed to improve.. but it came with a price.
In my eyes, SUN has not produced a fault tolerant system in
many years. Their products.. in the world of UNIX/back end
systems are becoming mediocre.. As far as I'm concerned..
I'm beginning to lose hope in SUN. As much as it was my
childhood companion of UNIX... It has grown to be less of
a personal friend and more of a monstrous corporate robot.

These days I turn my interests towards other systems. Built
from scratch by hand. And the "life" imbued into these
metal and silicon machines, are free. Open source at least..
Welcome to the world of OSS (Open Source Software)...
Where my latest companion is not a Linux, but FreeBSD.
Since the days of my dissappointment with SUN and their
proprietary business.. Such systems running OSS become
appealing.. and more interesting. I am not following the
herd into the next "in" thing. If anything, my choices are
from my own experience. I work with these bloody
machines.. And as much as I admire SUN's tenacity and
innovation in the world of UNIX... They're getting too cocky
and arrogant. And I hate arrogance...

As long as I work with my company.. I guess I have to
tolerate working with SUN systems.. but in my own
personal free time.. Sayonara Solaris.. Beastie's gonna show
me something that's free to learn.. and understand..

laters..

Al-Fatihah

A sad day has passed...

It's in Malaysian news now... I'm sure most ppl
have heard. Two Malaysian students from U of
Michigan, Ann Arbor died in a car accident.
I'm sure this news is sending shockwaves
thru the fabric of UMIMSA folks old and new.
Part of our lives were spent in that school. We
all have our attachments to it.. And to hear that
a tragedy like this happened, is definitely felt
personally by each and everyone of us.

I never knew the girls. But I remembered at least
helping the kids settled in when they first came
in. That was when I was about to leave. I'm
sure they're great people to get to know.. and
I'm definitely very sure that they're very much
missed by their close friends and family. At
least one person I know out there is probably
having the worst time of her life going through
this ordeal. I would like to pass on my
condolences to her and a prayer that this
event will not change her life for the worse.
Hang tough lil lady..

Also.. I give my prayers to the two arwah,
Teh and Nanim. May their path lies to the
gates of heaven dengan orang2 yang beriman.

Ya Allah.. I am truly humbled and greatful.

By grace of God Almighty, I am blessed.. and humbled

Suffice to say... I met someone I'd never thought I meet.
Stupid la jugak rasa diri... well.. more like silly..
I was at first blessed with her beauty.. but later on... i was
humbled by her wisdom. I've gone nut cracking cuckoo over
her. She has shared with me more insight in one night than
what took me years to realize. And her soul is deep..

I want to be by her side so bad. And I think she would
accept me for who I am.. especially my short comings...
She's already accepted me as is. And I'm not really much
to talk about.. as is..

She even convinced me that lifes curveballs are there
for a reason.. and what makes the difference is how
we take in the experience and shape ourselves to be
better. All my past regrest and condemnations... I
will learn to let them go.. and choose to change myself
for the better... because she opened my eyes.

I'm thankful and greatful to God for letting me meet my
soulmate.. For nothing could be closer to the truth..
Even for the short time that we've spent.. I have to say,
I'm thankful for you Veen... I hope our paths will always
be together.. and never part.