Shares and KP System

The Native's purpose was a short term investment, less than 1 year. In such cases one has to examine the 5th cusp sub. If this Sub lord is the principal
Significator of 2 or 6 or 11 then the native can make profits in the periods
Running at the time of the question. However, one cannot determine the amount of the profits likely to be made.

In the case under consideration, the 5th cusp sub lord is Venus. The 4 step
Houses strongly signified are as under:
Venus          :
Stl of Ven Sat : 8-2
Sbl of Ven Sat :
Stl of Sat Ket : 9(Sun 11)
               : stl of ketu sun:11

(When Rahu/Ketu becomes the Star Lord, it not only gives results of the
Owner of its house of residence, but also of its own starlord)  

  Here Venus has become the strong signifier of 2 and 11. So the native will
Earn profits in the Short term investment. If the houses signified are 5 or 8
Or 12 then indications are No profits in short term.

 In such cases one has to check up whether there is indication of Long term
Profits. For this one has to check the 12th cusp sub-lord.  If this sub lord strongly signifies  2-6-or 11 then profits in long term investment are forseen

 Now we have to determine, when the promised profits will materialise. This has to be fixed by the DBA s.

 At the time of the querry, Sun Bhukty in the Dasa of Sun was upto 2 dec 2006. Let us chech up the significance of sun: This is as under:

SUN             :--
STL JUP         : 11-1-4
                  CON VEN(11-6)
SBL SUN          :-
STL JUP         : 11-1-4
                  CON VEN(11-6)

 Here the Dasa,and Bhukty Lord has become the significator of 6 and 11 also of the helpful 1st house. So this Dasa, Bhukty will be fruitful

 Since Sun does not signify the 2nd House(wealth), the Sun bhukti will not be fruitful. After this the Moon Bhukty is upto 3 rd June 2007. The signification of Moon is as under:

MOON            9
STL SUN         11
SBL SUN         ---
STL JUP :      11-1-4
                  CON VEN(11-6)

 Here  the Moon Bhukty indicates 1,6,11 so it is fruitful. The native immediately bought 2000 shares of the company.

 Now to determine, in which Antara, the native will realise the profit, we must find out the which planets signify strongly the 2nd house.
In the chart, Ven,Mars, Rahu, JUO, Sat and Merc ,the 6 planets strogly signify the 2nd house. So, as per experience, and Guruji's teachings, that NODES are stronger than planets, I chose the Rahu Antara. This period was from 28 dec 2006 to 25 Jan 2007. It is during this period that the native will realise the profits.

 In between, having checked that he was running a good time, the native purchased some more shares of the company.
   
 He sold all the shares, in lots between 2nd Jan and 11th Jan 2007, and earned a decent profit.

 If one wants to find out the further date of Sooksma, one can certainly attempt it. The native got the max profit in the period 9 th t0 13 th Jan 2007, becaue the Merc had become the strongest significator of 2,6,10,11 houses.

அமெரிக்காவிலே ஒரு நண்பர்

அமெரிக்காவிலே ஒரு நண்பர்

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நான் அமெரிக்காவிலே இருந்த காலத்தில்... ஒரு நண்பர் இருந்தார்.... திருச்சி ஆள். எப்படியோ விசா கோர்ஸ் பண்ணி 1996 மே மாசம் வந்துட்டார். சுமாராக, திணறி ஆங்கிலம் பேசுவார். நான் அவருக்கு முதலில் செட்டில் ஆக நிறைய உதவிகள் செய்துள்ளேன். சனி ஞாயிறு என்னோடு தான் சாப்பாடு... ஹோட்டல் சென்றால் - இந்தியன் பப்பே மட்டுமே - பீட்சா கூட அதிகம் செலவு என்பார்... மற்றவர்கள் வீட்டில் சென்று சாப்பிடுவதற்கு அவ்வளவு இஷ்டம். தன வீட்டில் ஒரு முறை கூட யாருக்கும் உணவு கொடுத்ததில்லை. அவர் ரூம் மெட்டும், அவர் மாதிரி தான்....

இந்தியா கம்பெனியில் ஒரு பாண்டு எழுதியிருந்தாலும் அதை மதிக்காமல் (பெப்ரவரி விசா வந்தது, ரொம்ப டிலே பண்ணிடாங்க - நண்பர்கள் எல்லாரும் அமெரிக்க போயிட்டாங்க, நான் மட்டும் எப்படி... மூணு மாசம் வேஸ்ட் ) விசா இருப்பதால், வேறு கம்பெனி மூலமா அமெரிக்க வந்துவிட்டார், அதெல்லாம் அப்படிதான் ... அந்த காலத்தில்... வேலை ப்ராஜக்ட் கிடைப்பது ரொம்ப ஈசி....

 அவர் கன்சல்டிங் பண்ணின கம்பெனியில் வேலைக்கு சம்பளம் குறைவு ( வருடம் 44 ஆயிரம் டாலர்கள் ).  ஒரு வருடத்தில் மே 97 (இந்தியர்கள் நடத்தும் கம்பெனி வருடம் ஒரு ரிடர்ன் டிக்கட் கொடுத்தார்கள்) லீவுக்கு இந்தியா போகிறேன் என்று சென்றவர் திரும்ப வரவில்லை.

நியூ யார்க்கில் இரு மடங்கு சம்பளம் கிடைக்கும் என்பதால்... (வருடம் 90 ஆயிரம் டாலர்கள்) வேறு ஒரு கம்பெனியில் சேர்ந்துக்கொண்டது யாருக்கும் தெரியவில்லை. அவரின் ரூம் மேட்டிற்கும் தெரியாமல் இவ்வளவு நடந்தது... அவர் கம்பெனி அக்கவுண்ட் மேனேஜர் என் நண்பர்... என்னை தேடி வந்து கேட்டார். யாருக்கு தெரியும்...  ??

அவர் தான் ஐந்தாயிரம் டாலர் கடன் வாங்கி ஊரில் வீடு வாங்க வகை செய்துவிட்டார்... கிளம்பும் சமயத்தில் எல்லோரிடமும் ... தன அம்மாவும் அண்ணனும் மிகுந்த சிரமத்தில் இருப்பதை சொல்லி... (அவர் அண்ணன் கொஞ்சம் மன நிலை சரி இல்லாத நிலையில் வயதான் காலத்தில் அவர் அம்மா தான் பார்த்துக்கொண்டு ...) ஒரு வருடத்தில் ஐந்து லட்சத்தில் ஒரு வீடு ( யாரும் அவ்வளவு - சுமார் 15 ஆயிரம் டாலர்கள் - 44 ஆயிரம் சம்பளம் - கையில் 30 வரும், செலவு பாதிக்கு மேல் ஆகும் .. மிச்சம் செய்வது கடினம் ) அர்ஜண்ட் என்று சொல்லி ஏதோ காரணம் சொல்லி பணம் வசூல் செய்தார். மூன்று நண்பர்களிடம் ஐந்தாயிரம் டாலர்கள் கடன் வாங்கி கம்பி நீட்டிவிட்டார்.

ரூம் மேட்டிற்கும் நாலு மாதம் வாடகை கொடுக்கவில்லை... பாவம் அவருக்கு தான் நஷ்டம். சொல்லவில்லை... சொன்னாரா தெரியவில்லை.... தர்மம் தலைகாக்கும்... ஊருக்கு கிளம்பும் போது  மூன்று சூட்கேசில் துணி மணிகளை பேக் செய்தவர் (இரண்டை நியூ ஜெர்சியில் ஒரு நண்பர் வீட்டில் வைத்துவிட்டு போயுள்ளார்... ), நியூ யார்க்கில் தான் ஏர் இந்தியா  ப்ளைட் பிடித்தார்... அது தான் குறைவான விலையில் தரமான ப்ளைட் கொடுக்கும் நம்ம ஊர் ஏர்லைன்ஸ்.

என்னோடு மிசிகனில் வேலை செய்த இன்னொரு நண்பர் மூலம் அவர் நியூ ஜெர்சியில் தங்கியிருந்த தகவல் ஒரு மாதம் கழித்து தெரிந்தது... அதே ப்ராஜக்ட் ... நியூ ஜெர்சியில் வாசம்... என் நண்பர் மூலம் அவர் வீட்டு விலாசமும் கிடைத்தது...

அங்கு தான் வாரா வாரம் சனியன்று மளிகை வாங்க கடைக்கு (இந்தியர்கள் - படேல் - குஜராத்திகள் நடத்தும் கடைகள் பிரசித்தம்) சுற்றியுள்ளவர்கள் (பென்சில்வேனியா) செல்வார்கள். எப்படியோ அவர் இருக்கும் மடாவன் பகுதி - நான்கு மாதங்கள் கழித்து நியூ ஜெர்சி படேல் பிரதர்ஸில் அவரை சந்தித்தோம். ஒரு சனியன்று அவர் வீட்டில் இருந்து காலை 10 மணி முதல் அவர் வெளியே வரும் வரை  ஒரு இரண்டு மணி நேரம் அந்த ஏரியாவில் சுற்றிக்கொண்டு இருந்தோம்... ( 12 மணிக்கு - முகல் ஹோட்டல் பப்பே - எப்படி மாறுவார்?)

அவரை பார்த்தவுடன்... அவர் முகத்தில் ஈ ஆடவில்லை. பணம் கொடுத்தவர்களுக்கு எப்படி இருந்திருக்கும். எப்படியோ பேசி...  நயமாக .... வசூல் பண்ணிட்டார்கள்.  நல்ல வேலை கையில் அவரிடம் செக் புக் இருந்தது.... (கடையில் பணம் செட்டில் செய்ய செக் கொடுக்கலாம்... பணம் இல்லாமல் பவுன்ஸ் ஆனால் ஜெயில் கம்பி தான்)

அவருக்கு  கடன் கொடுத்தார்கள் மனவாடுகள் (தெலுகு மக்கள் உதவி செய்யும் மனநிலை - கொஞ்சம் பாசம் அதிகம்) .... நினைத்துப்பருங்கள்... அவர்கள் மனதில் எப்படி இருந்திருக்கும்... இன்றும் கூட தெலுகு மக்கள் தான் அதிகம் அமெரிக்காவில் வாழ்கிறார்கள்... அவர் இனத்தை அங்கு சென்று அமர்த்தும் பணியை செவ்வனே அமீர்பெட் கோச்சிங் சென்டர் மற்றும் டுபாக்கூர் கம்பெனிகள் செய்கின்றன.

இப்போது அவர் இரண்டு பசங்கள் பெற்று நல்ல வாழ்க்கை ... நியூ ஜெர்சி தமிழ் மன்றம் போன்ற செலவு செய்யும் வேலைகளை செய்து சந்தோசமாக இருக்கிறார் என்கிறார்கள். என் ப்ளாக் கூட அவர் படிக்கலாம்... படித்தால் கமண்ட் இடவும்...

மூன்று வருடம் முன் கூட அவரை நியூ ஜெர்சியில் வைத்து பார்த்தேன்... பேசவில்லை.

நானும் அதைப்போன்றே என் நெருங்கிய சகாவிற்கு ஒரு தொகை கொடுத்து, பதினான்கு மாதங்கள் கழித்து வசூல் செய்துள்ளேன்... எல்லாம் எதவாது வழியில் பிற்காலத்தில் உதவுவார் என்று தான்... இதுவரை அவர் செலவில் ஒரு தொலைபேசி கால் கூட இல்லை....

காலம் சுழலும்... இந்த மாதிரி நண்பர்கள் இருக்கத்தான் செய்கிறார்கள் இப்பவும்...

Virginia Tech ShootOut

It is very sad and I feel sorry about the shootout and deaths. 2 Indians died in this mess.

(1) Prof. G V Loganathan, my alma matter PSG Tech alumnus (plus IIT and Purdue) from Coimbatore....

I hope his parents passports come in fast today, and the US Consulate at Chennai gives the emergency visa for his parents and close relatives (brothers and sisters) to attend the Hindu ceremonies, which is important in a way for their mental peace. God Bless America.

(2) Minal Panchal, student from Mumbai... delayed confirmation, as none verified itseems....

I hope her parents and relatives, who are already in USA, gets there on time, to take care of them.

Amavasya is always tough mentally for people and relations. This has happened then. (Tough Luck!) Even water borne, natural calamities bound to happen in Full Moon days...

In Virginia Tech, in 1990 I had my MS admission there, sends me jitters even now!

The other news about a kid in the sewer, almost for a day and negligence of govt. in Ghaziabad is heartbreaking.

I am trying to get the art of ESP and I got the number 33 when I heard the Virginia Tech shootout, which was the death figure. When I saw the news of Ghaziabad kid, I had the vision 6 feet.... might be his body would be found 6 feet from where he fell. I hope the authorities dig the 17 KM drain and find.....

May the souls rest in peace!

English Cricket Debacle today

Found a nice quote of Cricinfo.... Wisden... (copyright?)

"I've heard that the English Cricket Board are making a help-line available for fans who are disappointed with the performance of the English team. The help-line number is 1800 10 10 10. That's 1800, won nothing, won nothing, won nothing."

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Online Pay as you GO TV

Nice Idea, copy and paste this link....


http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Online_Pay_as_you_Go_for_TV_Video/551-80511-643.html

A Can of COKE

A woman went boating one Sunday taking with her some cans of coke which she put into the refrigerator of the boat. On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit. She died on Wednesday. The  autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis. This was traced to the can of coke she drank from, not using a glass. Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and hence the disease Leptospirosis. Rat urine contains toxic and deadly substances It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part of soda cans before drinking out of them.  The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned. A study at NYCU showed that the tops of soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (i .e.) full of germs and bacteria. So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident. Please forward this message to all the people you care about. (I JUST DID!)  

To elaborate further, drinking canned items itself is dangerous because of the inherent hazards involved in the material, unhygenic storage of cans before they are filled etc.  Therefore totally avoid using any canned drink or food items to save you from the food poisoning.  I  USE COKE AS A PESTICIDE TO WARD OFF FUNGAL INFECTION OF MY PLANTS AT THE ROOF GARDEN. It works good because the coke contains acids of 3 kind which can do harm to the bones and stomach in the long run.

Sick Companies, Small mistake and the power of FEAR

You have been reading about my debacle on to move from a Chennai based co. to another one.

The mental torture apart, a small mistake done by me inadvertently, was like shooting myself in the foot, side stepping, causing me further anxiety and let me say FEAR and trouble, other than serving the long notice period.

Sick Companies, Small mistake and the power of FEAR, causing me to pay up the cost of notice period, apart from agreeing upon a older relieving date based on my silly mistake, genuine and honest, to stop facing further consequences. Tough luck! Loss of salary, experience and mental peace. This is IT world!

I happy on the other side, a blessing in disguise, that there is a high possibility that I might revive Sharon Software Systems http://www.sharonsoftsys.com , if I cannot move and hopefully work on a new product and try my luck again!

People who are willing to take risk in the venture, please mail me at my name at hotmail.

இனிய தமிழ் புத்தான்டு நல்வாழ்துக்கள்

இனிய தமிழ் புத்தான்டு நல்வாழ்துக்கள்

TANKER and Free Seva for Kidney Problems

There is a foundation called TANKER (Tamilnadu kidney Research Foundation), where they treat all kidney related problems free of cost. They even do Dialysis free of cost. Please forward this message and let people utilize this opportunity. It can help people who are in need. Don't neglect.. Please forward the message. For further Details contact : 044 - 28273407 and 28241635

Sri Krishna Hari Das
(Dr. Satish Chandra Gosain M.B., B. S., D.N.B.(I) Med)
Congregational Preacher, ISKCON, Delhi.
098913 86194 011-2512 5595, 2512 8754, 2549 9141
E-mail - Sri.Krishna.Hari.GKG@ pamho.net or Sri.Krishna.Hari@gmail.com

 

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Koffee with Anu - Director Cheran and Navya Nair (April 14th 2007)

Director Cheran and Navya Nair (April 14th 2007)

The show was well done, what I watched after a long time, as a Tamil New year Special on Star Vijay.

Anu was at her best, with good dress and getting little plumpier, might be very happy with her husband.... may be... no kids I think! (if you read this, do mail me)

She has not cut down on being flirtatious with the guests, including over phone with Prithviraj on the phone.

Cheran is getting younger day by day at 45, and as the lady Mrs.Selvam(?) asked.... also her daughter requested him to do some comedies. Yet he is dry.... It was news to me that he walked away being a Associate Director of movie Mahanadi, working with KS Ravikumar, but when the movie got released it was advertised as a movie done by Kamal (Sandhana Bharathi) himself?

Cheran explaining himself on his old days without food and other tough stories of life, without having Dad growing up... mother was shown washing vessels, while she gave interview, nice of her.... I would like to work with him in a movie. I have very high regards of him as a Director than an Actor.

In 2002 when Nandanam, a Malayalam movie was released with Prithviraj (18 then, and at 22 with Mozhi being very great)and Navya Nair, she was 16 then itseems, passed 10th class. So now at 21, graduated well with Mayakannadi. Looks FAT.

Anu will get squashed at her juice delicacy shop.... with guests.... er......

Cinema guys are one sick bunch... on what I read from JuV and Nakheeran.

Airtel Super Singer Junior

On Star Vijay, Airtel Super Singer Junior , is a such a lousy, disgusting show, that make one heart cry!

Yesterday I was watching where the three musketeers (judgees) were rejecting left and right

There was one guy they rejected, was amazing Singer on Pogo. Nice judging, Stupid.

Looks like parents are torturing the kids to the core, very bad. They should do it naturally....

This shows should go off air soon!

One of the top 100 Individual Indian Shareholder

One of the top 100 Individual Indian Shareholder

It feels nice to be, One of the top 100 Individual Indian Shareholder of Infosys.

I did get an invite for the results declaration. Thats fun. I hope to get the fine Annual report!

Sorry I am not going to disclose the no of shares held by me and family.

Young CIOs take Old CIOs jobs

Read this copyright link pls...

http://www.cio.com/article/print/103058

Narayana Murthy for President? No Way!

I apologize, if I have hurt sentiments of anyone!

Well facts are facts, and the bare minimum....

(1) Socialists cannot become Presidents. Zilch! Can he take the acid test on not being a benami?
(2) A person who bribes of donation, with 10 million to Carnegie Mellon, should not get this job.
(3) A person who fights for English and better amenties, but support certain class of politicos hardliners, and only vocal on Kannadigas (personally olle kelasa!)..... supporting only Karnataka all in the IT industry.... tough chance to digest.
(4) Making a company while working for Patni and TELCO, no way.... that might happen in this job too!
(5) Openly asked for the Ambassador post for USA!
(6) When JAC did the IT STPI story in Bangalore, NRN claims he did it, lying is dangerous for this job.
(7) Withdraws large amount of money using his stocks, ADRs, dividends etc, hard earned money by toiling software coolies, working for 100s of hours in a week, while getting paid for 40 only! (refer to my previous post)
(8) Make his wife President of Infosys Foundation, a private body NGO, with Public Money, Shareholders blood!
(9) Does not tolerate other IT co's to come up well!
(10) Lied openly on Sibulals job status with SUN as sabbatical. I have had a good laugh with my ex boss, who happened to that guys boss.
(11) Just bcoz Time group says that he is fit, sorry! he must not try this. (FM might have been nervous to attend the award ceremony, of thinking of being unseated, but not his chap!)
(12) Hardliners will not agree.... Infosys and Rekha Maximowitch's story is still not forgotten.
Finally
(13) He has sent his kids to study abroad, using money power, forget the man who doesn't like India. God Forsake!

Again, all are hearsays and no malice intended. I have no inhibitions to become a President of India, being over 35 now!

Software Sadness (article from The Hindu)

Hello All

This is an old article and how apt of the software coolies!

http://www.hindu.com/op/2005/08/07/stories/2005080703121600.htm

Enjoy!

GMAIL on Paper (April Fools Joke)

GMAIL on Paper (April Fools Joke).... Really funny... I wish my relieving letter comes on 96% recycled Soybean Sputum.

Here is the link (or click above)

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/index.html

Sick Companies and Relieving Letter

My father used to say that people like Marwadis (sorry, I didn't mean to!) will take interest even from Yama for the life they have lived, because he takes it from them.

I have come across such companies whom I got associated with a number of times, including the current one.

The advertise so much, but they hardly care for employees.... their website is full of poop of taking care of employees.

Once the employee decided to leave, what the heck stops them from relieving fast? Obviously few things done by the employer would have made the employee go away from them isnt it? Sicko's dont realise it. They are after getting land at cheaper prices from government in illegal ways, double bill clients, hire freshers taking 75000 rupees illegally thru placement consultants, provide no training or career enhancements, give the best benefit only to the old timers, who have been with them from beginning (sold their souls), provide no decent hikes, forget about employees even in certain important farewell meetings, irritates to the core.... try to hire employees at one level below from previous, promise them onsite posting but don't provide giving vaguest reasons, handle them unceremoniously at the time of exit, forget the old adage of HR that "if you can't make an employee productive, at least make employable (for the sake of hiring, wasting both their times...)",  in the name of flexi-time make the employees slog for peanuts like double than the weekly 40 hours to 80 hours flouting labour laws, while the seniors ask five star chefs to cook for them at office time (Sickos eat hot 5* masala dosai at office time!)....

Relieving letter? No way, pay up 2 months gross, err.... serve 2 months notice till we get a replacement.... it is like living a life of a bonded labor.

There are ways to take care of such people. I am going to print my own relieving letter (just kidding!) or generate my own relieving email (just kidding on Privex). Letterheads are available from the same third party hirers, who share their cut for getting gullible fresher employees....(I am told!) I can also publish such contact no's of agents and company insiders. I can get rid of the company's dirty  CFO in one single email to SOX Compliance Cell in the USA (whistleblower).

This SOX compliance and US government will not keep quiet on just registering the largest private Indian company, just by paying the rulers few millions and flout all the laws of labor. SEC will not keep quiet, shares of their company would be beaten down to death (fallen 50% already)! All the supporters of you know who, will be taken care by USA (I think they have invested in this company thru their shares as the Indian security agency says).
I love working with satisfaction than a job.

27% Quota Stayed by SC

27% Quota Stayed by SC

A good thing to do!

Please note that I am not against social upliftment.

What is interesting to note is, the creamy layer
exemption and the caste based data based on 1931
census was the reason cited.

Who deserves the most (quota and relief)? This is
unanswered. Constitutional amendment is needed.

What government can do?

(1) exclude creamy layer, but provide scholarships for
them or loan.
(2) for a given family, only 2 people can get
reservation
(3) do the social security number system, along with
caste for each and every individual in India. I can
revive Sharon Software Systems, and get a product done
for 10 crores, and get it done for whole of India in a
year, 30 states for the sum equal to NREGS (Rs 100 per
day for unemployed to collected 100 peoples data and
upload).

Total People 1050000000
Data per Day/person 100
NREGS unemployed people per state for data collection
10000
States 30
Total Data Per Day 30000000
Days to do collection 35
Project days 365

NREGS Salary Cost is 10000*365*100 = 365.5 crors
Cost of 300000 Laptops at Rs 30000 each = 900 crores
Server Cost at 1500000 * 30 = 4.5 crores
Total project cost at about 1300 crores.

Now with a population of 105,00,00,000 in India and
growing, this is fast needed, even to implement the
social security scheme. The companies can be charged
at 5% of the basic salary (you get the right to send
out a person = layoff, giving 3 months notice) and
also the employee pays 5% giving a nest egg for
government to invest in good bluechips/PSU stocks and
generate returns, and pay upto 18 months relief at
66.66% and rest of the time at 50% till he/she gets a
job. If he or she doesnt get a job in 3 years,
government should retrain the person below 55 and post
in a job providing the acceptable salary, at 50% earned 3 years before. Medicare can also be covered in this. This is doable! I can get it done for India, provided the retirement age is acceptable at 60.

(c) Vijayashankar 2007. Anyone republishing this
without my consent, is liable for a penalty amounting
to 1 Rupee per living person in India.

Worlds first 2 Day International Match!

Hey Folks

Worlds first 2 Day International Match! is being held between West Indies and Australia (split due to rain), and once again, Australia is going to romp home a win!

Multiple offers and dilemma

Multiple offers and dilemma

Definitely, things are tough, if you have made up your mind to join a small company as a VP with a decent jump and another offer comes in... Dilemma... things might get complicated if one more offer comes in, as we end up talking to multiple parties before the firm and final offer comes in.

Also you have to look into the matter of the larger company and living in the same place too! Very seriously... no shifting, no school hassles, no pain.... (but the gain is what is looked at... )

Yes matters gets complicated if, the new offer is same or better from the first offer,  accepts all the notice period, plus the sign on bonus of 2 months gross salary, and ensures that your long term on site trip with family would be taken care for atleast one year.... of course with 10 times more stock options on signing on day!

So much for the IT industry issues and the run along with it. I would feel very dejected to say NO to anyone who has offered me. Since IT industry is so networked, and everyone knows everyone, it would be tough when you cross paths later.

I still feel and laugh at the interview question (first one almost) "Why do you want to change your job?"  while they were after me at the right fit! (with the baiters/consultants running around)

Always I do tell that I dont plan anything beyond 5 years.... Also, may be, I might revive Sharon Software Systems later.

Let us wait and see, one more day to decide! All are subject to getting the relieving letter on time, with no worries. But both companies wouldnt know that I have already quit....(mentally)