What'cha gonna do... about Indian Airlines?

Recently, I've been reading a lot about Air India / Indian Airlines and their troubles.

Given their current situation, I do not believe that the Indian Government should grant them any bailout as they've requested.

Planning to cancel confirmed orders for new planes is also going to cause a huge hit to their collective pocketbook.

Instead, they should negotiate an "offset" of the manufacturing of the new planes ordered; eg. demand that portions of the new planes be manufactured in India.

This will allow IA/AI staff to be better utilized, thus avoiding layoffs, as well as serve as a boost to Indian manufacturing, small scale industries and micro-manufacturing units.

The Ultimate Treo 650

Finally, after a lot of time and effort, I have a Treo 650 that is fully customized and optimized.

Thanks be to the various boards such as TreoCentral, etc.

My Unlocked GSM Treo 650 is now:

a) Having a stripped ROM (5.8Mb) consisting of:

• Treo650-1.20-ENA
• Extra languages (excepting English) removed
• QuickTour, Realplayer, Versamail, WorldClock, various _Tips files removed
• FAT32 support added
• SDHC support added

b) Having max RAM of 23.4M (Of which 12.1M used); thanks to the of an alternate RomUpdaterApp that creates ROM with size of only 7.1Mb (Instead of 8.4Mb as normal for a Unlocked GSM Treo 650), which means that my RAM is upped by 1.1Mb

c) Having more Carrier compatibility with CarrierDB version 355

d) Way more stable with DBCache levels at: Max: 13Mb+, Average: 10Mb+, Autoflush: 7Mb+

The software that I carry on my Treo includes:

RAM:
BlueFTP: A part of the RescoExplorer Suite; allows my phone to become a BlueTooth FTP server
DocumentsToGo
RescoExplorer 2009
FileMan: A quick and limited capability (When compared to RescoExplorer) file manager
Gizmo: Java based IM client
iSilo: Document reader and much more
Keyring: Secure storage of passwords and related information
LinkStart: Handles launching of off-line (SD card) applications
MoTwit: MobileTwitter, posts updates to twitter via the Web
mRing: for Random MP3 ringtones
mVoice: for recording of all calls

A short introduction

Name: Priyasen Shah

Age: Approximately 33 years in 2009

Hobbies: Computers, electronics, books, carpentary and a whole lot more..

What this blog is about:
My hobbies, personal tidbits, other's follies and foibles, Linux
(specifically Ubuntu), the Palm Treo 650, the Nintendo Wii, things I want
to remember, a landmark for my accompishments, an acknowledgement to the
giants on whose shoulders I stand..

Dedicated to: My 2-year old (in 2009) son: Ridhasen.