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Avinash has kind words to say about the significance of jRuby and GlassFish. I always enjoy the global angle of blogging and it is special to see this post from Mauritius; some of you may be familiar with the island from Following the Equator, by Mark Twain (Project Guttenberg, Wikipedia): "You gather the idea that Mauritius was made first and then heaven, and that heaven was copied after Mauritius" Following the Equator was a Travelogue; i.e. and old-technology blog :-). |
According to the Wikipedia, Mauritius seems a very interesting island. In addition to its beauty it is installing a coast-to-coast WiFi system, has the 2nd highest GDP per capita in Africa and it is gearing towards becomming a duty--free island.
Mauritius is already a duty-free island. Wikipedia needs updating :-)
-- Eddy
Posted by Eddy Young on September 17, 2007 at 02:35 AM PDT #
Thanks for the nice comments on my blog entry and my country, Mauritius ;-)
Mauritius is an interesting island. We compare very favorably compared to the other African countries. Technology is relatively affordable here (many of my students have better mobile phones than me...) and Internet has really changed the lives of a lot of people.
But the education system still needs to be changed so that Mauritians become more creative and get an entrepreneur attitude. If this is addressed then the country has great potential.
(And, Eddy, as for Mauritius becoming a duty-free island, this is not reality yet. Duty has been removed from a number of products but still exists for a lot of other products)
Posted by Avinash Meetoo on September 17, 2007 at 05:16 AM PDT #
I certainly enjoyed every moment of my honeymoon in Mauritius!
Posted by Alexis MP on September 17, 2007 at 05:42 AM PDT #