What A Week
February 13, 2004 5:28 am General
This week has been one of the best I’ve had for some time. Okay, so I’ve been involved with meetings and some presentations for most of the time, but unlike the usual Sun ones, there’s been lots of positive discussion and open feedback coming from them. All very productive. My hosts, Wipro, have been fantastic – I’ve had a lot of fun being in the office, and out and about at the various pubs in Bangalore. I have Hema, the social secretary, Kalpesh and Arvind ‘Fruit Punch’ Samptur to thank for that.
We’ve been looking at the various processes that Sun has pushed into the partnership, and where they’ve been breaking down. I’ve always thought that the Wipro guys have had to deal with a lot of uneccessary crap and it’s nice to see that in reality. I’m very much hoping that the relevant people in Sun take notice of my trip reports and that some solutions to the various issues are forthcoming – there’s a hell of a lot of low hanging fruit, aside from the huge ‘Let’s use one bug tracker’ obstacles. Yesterday I gave a talk on JDS – lots of interest, especially in the Looking Glass stuff. It’s pretty staggering to think of the amount of work we still have to do in JDS though, just based on the endless list of future plans in the slides I created.
Mysore was a pretty cool place – my first trip outside Bangalore. Bala, Arvind, Anand and Kalpesh took me around the various temples, palaces, and gardens. Hoping to get down to MG Road at the weekend and see a few more sights before I leave on Monday evening. The traffic still scares me, especially at night. It’s been a wonderful trip. Wipro dudes, thank you.
