India is not alone in its efforts to determine the role government should play in balancing the advantages and disadvantages of open source vs proprietary software. But, because of a traditional lack of infrastructure and the availability of “discounted” proprietary packages, India faces some unique challenges in building up the strength of its local software industry.
Finally, Free and Open Source Software gets its turn at the helm!
Aruna Sundarajan is a senior IAS bureaucrat and State Secretary for Information Technology for Kerala. She has over two decades of professional experience in government. She has held key administrative positions both in the Center and the State and has been Director (Industries) and Secretary (Industries) prior to taking over as the Secretary in the Department of IT in the Government of Kerala, which she has held for the last three years. Kerala. In an interview with Alolita Sharma, she talked about open source software and the role of the government in promoting it.
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