Best Movies of this year - 2009

This year had some good movies, some not that great.. So here is my list (one's that I have seen)
1. 3 Idiots - Amazing Aamir, impressive performances by a great star cast, funny one liners, great music - this is the best of the lot
2. Paa - Did anyone say that Amitabh is the best?
3. Dev D -  I became a fan of Anurag after this modern take on Devdas. Amit trivedi's music & great lyrics makes this movie a classic. I am thinking that Dev D should be up the list, but seem to think that Amitabh's performance & an off beat storyline carries Paa to second spot
4. Gulaal - Amazing music, Kay Kay at his best, strong performance by Mahie Gill.
5. Hangover - Great comedy with a great storyline

I need to watch Kaminey on DVD, so thats one bad miss from my side for this year.

Have we lost the GKVK?

The High Court has almost said YES by lifting the stay on an earlier order permitting the GKVK Link road (which will connect Bellary Road to Yeshwantpur-Yelehanka Road) work to continue (while not passing any final order) but also saying that a committee will be formed "to suggest ways for going head with the project in the interest of general public and also to review its bio-diversity aspects"
So my earlier post where I was saying that the GKVK will be saved - is no longer true..
You can see the sheer audacity of BBMP when their counsel says that "The BBMP had spent Rs100 crore for the project. Only the asphalting work was pending, The formation of the road will benefit general public"
Did the BBMP consult anyone before starting this work?
What does he mean when says that only asphalting is pending - does he even talk of who gave him the authority to cut the tree & what about the massive loss caused by cutting those 3000 trees?
When the whole world is talking of climate change & crying hoarse over the rising mercury, all BBMP can come up with is cutting trees & not having any idea what environmental damage they are creating.
The big surprise was the usually watchful forest department washed its hands by saying that "the campus is not fully under its jurisdiction"
The early morning walks in GKVK will be a thing of the past for all of us who stay nearby..
Bye Bye GKVK

End of on Premise is near

Vinnie in his trademark style says that -- "If you add up all the systems integration, hosting, upgrade and application/basis management costs around SAP in the last 25 years – that done by its partners or its customer staff, I estimate it has been over $ 2 trillion in costs"

Wow.. that's a huge dollar number..

I have always maintained that on premise is getting challenged severly with customers demanding quicker upgrades & implementations, lower maintenance of hardware & software - leading to lower TCO's. SaaS based ERP promises all this.. there is a definite shift towards these models as customers ask & evaluate these vis-a-vis traditional ERP.

Interesting times ahead.