Al Hoang

October 22, 2003

Vietnam becomes another location for potential outsourcing

Filed under: tech, tiengviet — hoanga @ 11:56 pm

Hmmm not sure what to say. Just read the article and judge for yourself. Seems right now it’s Japan but I’m sure Vietnam would love to work with the U.S. I’m not sure what to think of the software industry and its future.

Temptation creeps into Japan

Filed under: japan — hoanga @ 7:51 am

My friends find the goofiest links to send to me….






Welcome to Godiva Japan’s English Language Shopping Page !
We are pleased to present this fine assortment of Godiva products for shipment to Japan destinations only.

Geek Note: Looks like the Japanese Godiva store is powered by PHP. Just look at the URL

Bad UI design

Filed under: geek, programming, tech — hoanga @ 7:47 am

This was just too amusing….


Bill Joy spills the beans on what is next

Filed under: tech — hoanga @ 7:45 am

Ted Leung summarizes an interview that Fortune did with Bill Joy on what he is doing after leaving Sun now. Looks like an interesting interview.
Seems he might be up to make an evolutionary step in building networks that are much less prone to spam and viruses. Good luck! As long as it doesn’t bust what is out there already I am all for it.

Also it seems the reason for leaving Sun is to try out something new without being encumbered with backwards compatibility. (hmm there goes my hopes on building an evolutionary step without busting what is already out there).


Bill Gates faced a similar choice with his Longhorn project. He probably has a lot of great ideas and all these brilliant people, but he also has this antecedent condition he has to take into account-keeping it somewhat in sync with the old Windows. So the beautiful vision may fail because it has to be compatible. I’ve often wondered why they can’t, for once, do something new. I mean really, really new? But then, when I asked myself that same question, that’s when I knew I had to leave Sun.


Wish you luck Mr. Joy. It takes a lot of courage to step away from everything you’ve built up and try something new. Although, I guess in his case he doesn’t have to worry about things financially unlike many other people.

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