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May 23, 2005
Open Source in Indian IT
I write for various magazines and publications including an Indian online and print magazine called EFY India which is a bit like our state-side Linux Journal. It's incredible the coverage, and interest in Open Source there. It has grown by leaps and bounds and for good reason. I also found this interesting article at Express Computer Online Why Indian companies should sponsor Open Source projects. We see this sponsorship type model happening more and more and one can see why. It develops a real user and developer community which often leads to better quality software, and software the more often meets the real-world needs of users than those often dictated by market research.
Here's another example. CA recently sponsored a million dollar challenge to write the best tools for their open sourced database Firebird. Indian programmers took top honors for their Open Source migration utilities. That database will certainly be an interesting one to watch.
Posted by admin at May 23, 2005 01:43 PM