The final result of the symposium at DPS NOIDA that was held on 18th September are as follows:-
Quiz and Crossword- 1st Position
- Manas Gautam
- Kunal Singh
Programming- 2nd Position
- Anant Jain
Gaming- 3rd Position
- Digvijay Singh
OVERALL RUNNERS UP
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iCon : Steve Jobs
It was not very long ago that I was reading iCon, a book on Steve Jobs ( though unauthorized, I thought it might kjust be good past-time ). Well it seems the past is not all goody-goody for him. He has had the most eventful life I have ever seen. Now it is kinda true that Steve Jobs wasn’t into programming and stuff but he has done a wonderful job marketing the software that Apple made. His attitude towards technology is nothing but infective. You listen to him and you want to do something great. He is and was a figure that would get whatever he wants and would exopect only perfect results, and I am not criticising him. His persuassion powers did wonderful things for Apple in those early years. Though Steve Jobs has marked iCon as an unauthorized version of his biography, it is surely worth a read. He is the ultimate source of passsion and motivation. OK so he didn’t design the Mac but he was the driving power behind it and has made it what it is today. So hats off to you, Steve !
Mac vs. PC – The Eternal War
So… here it goes … my very first post on the Exun blog. I could have done it on my experience and feelings on getting in, but Shubham already did that and it would be very lame to do another similar article.
Now we all know about the war that has been on for almost three decades, Mac vs. PC. OK, true Apple made the GUI, Windows copied it. But note this down people, Bill Gates with all his cheap business tactics made it popular. It is also an established fact that more people are using Windows as compared to Mac (Though I can swear Mac is way better than Windows). I guess one very important reason for this is that Apple lost out on many of the important years that mark the GUI’s growth (Thanks Sculley!). Maybe Apple could have used those years to gain a wider a market base.
Another very important reason is PIRACY. Almost every kind of software that Microsoft makes is available at much cheaper prices in areas I can’t name. Why don’t we have Mac software being sold on such a wide scale? Well, basically because in terms of compatibility Mac is not all universal. So what if Mac OS Leopard is gonna cost only $129 whereas Windows Vista Ultimate costs $416? Leopard isn’t gonna install on your PC. I am a true Apple fan, but if I can’t run Leopard on my computer ( and boy I can’t afford an iMac) , I have to do with what Microsoft has to offer ( which is not much ).
So what Apple should do (I can bet they won’t do it) is to make Mac more compatible. I hope in the distant future I will be able to run Mac on my computer and won’t have to do with a version that needs a patch file, a whole lot of changes, etc. C’mon Apple, you made the iPod a phenomenon, can’t you do this much? (Do it for all your fans Apple, those who canât afford your products, whose prices are apparently decided by “Idiots”)
EXUN in VIEW
– Myself in Transition: Outsider to Insider
Exun members . Ah!!! What airs, privileges, pride, importance and what not!!! Ever since I joined the school, Exun has been something of an elusive harbour to me. In fact, much more, at times. In a school, where talent is recognized the hard way, its really difficult to prove yourself; where everyone else is running miles ahead of you and you trying to follow at their heels fail miserably each time you try to get up (Success is always relative! What if you managed to get what you think is a very hard-earned and well-deserved 2nd rank, you are only brushed aside for there is someone who outplayed you.) being in Exun certainly does a world of good as only brainies get into Exun or so is the common perception. Such is the “prestige” of Exun, that a student automatically earns some respite if the name of Exun figures out in the fiction that he burps out after being caught while bunking. But now, at last, this craving has been fulfilled and rest as they say is history. Enough of dwelling on the past. In the words of our wordly-wise Vice Principal, Dr. D. R. Saini, “Past is History, Future is mystery, Present is a gift, Accept it.”
So moving from what the feeling was to how it is now, now that I am officially one of the Exun Clan. As Mukesh Sir, and later Manas, briefed us about what our responsibilities, jobs and time to time clashings(read competitions) will be like, my mind soared high on the note that now I am an insider. Something, I craved for and now more importantly something I will always saviour. Something, which excites me no bound yet at the same time reminds me of the tremendous responsibilities and obligations that one has to see off. But, enthusiasm and work are the two pillars on which the very foundations of Exun lie. And, If diamonds are forever, who said Exun is not???
Important
A meeting is scheduled for ALL Exun members on Friday:
DATE: 31/08/2007
TIME: During Break
TIME: During Break
VENUE: Lab 4
The meeting is related to Exun 07 and Exun Elite. It is essential for every member to attend this meeting. Please don’t absent yourselves on that day.
Thanking you
Manas
iPhone- The Marketing Behind It
With the iPhone, Apple has introduced a new device which already has a cult following. A lot has been said about its features, the ones available as well as those missing. In my opinion, apart from the product itself, the beauty of the iPhone lies in its extremely innovative marketing and its capability to completely change the telecom industry.
The iPod is well known for redefining the marketing of music. With the iPhone, Apple is set to redefine the telecom industry as well. Instead of launching three to four new devices every couple of months, telecom manufacturers will be now looking to release one product with significant technological advances in a considerable span of time.
In the marketing, the first thing that Apple did was take control of iPhone activation. Conventionally, it is the telecom operator and not the manufacturer that activates a connection. With the iPhone, however, one will have to log in through iTunes and then activate the iPhone. This is an ingenious method for further spreading the word about iTunes!
Version 1 of the iPhone has been severely criticized for missing several basic features. The immediate question that arises is: Why would Apple make an inferior product? The answer to this lies in the fact that Apple is already working on the iPhone’s next version. Experts feel that its next version will have all these faults rectified and probably be the smartest phone ever. Had Apple launched a complete Version 1, it would reach a saturation point in sales, leaving no room for further growth. Instead now, when the next version is launched, it would be like launching a new product altogether!
These are just two points in the iPhone’s ground-breaking marketing and sales, which is in fact a step further in Apple’s strategy that besides the product, its marketing should also be revolutionary!
Matrix-Ecomm Result
The result of the Bro. Aloysius Matrix-Ecomm Symposium 2007 held at Mount St. Mary’s School, Delhi Cantt. on 24th and 25th August, 2007 is as follows:
Logo Quiz- 1st position
- Manas Gautam
- Sameer
Gaming- 1st position
- Digivijay Singh
Business Boosters Corp.- 1st position
- Kartikeya Dar
Congratulations everyone!
Nowdance font
This is the font that has been used in the Exun logo, and somebody or the other is always in need of it. For convenience’s sake, I’ve uploaded it here.
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MINET 2007 Results
Exun Members were declared as MINET 2007 Overall Winners at the Mothers International School on 11-12 August, 2007.
Quiz- Winner
- Bharat Agarwal
- Manas Gautam
Surprise Event- Winner
- Bharat Agarwal
- Manas Gautam
Gaming- Winner
- Digvijay Singh
Showcase your Dream- First Runner Up
- Digvijay Singh
- Radhika Malik
Quiz- Second Runner Up
- Ananth Govind Rajan
- Sahil Bajaj
Senior Programming- Second Runner Up
- Aayush Kumar
- Sajal Jain
Got the trophy back (Second Consecutive Year) to where it rightly belongs 🙂
Blackberry for sale, anyone interested?
Hi all,
Most of you might not recognize me… so here’s a quick intro, I was with EXUN way back in 1996-2000 era and was the President in 2000. Even post 2000, I was very much involved in the annual events till about 2004-05.
I have a blackberry 8700g handset which will soon become useless for me as I am transferring to the US and will get a new handset from my company there. I have therefore put my 7.5 month used handset on auctionon eBay at http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI
Feel free to bid if you’re interested!
Cheers!
Ankit Wadhwa