Articles tagged ‘opensource’

The philosophy and practice of collaboration in open source software forms a win-win model for developers, vendors and users alike. Fundamental economic drivers are changing the nature of competition in the software industry. The competitive landscape is transforming from a few high peaks where monopoly product vendors dominate the market to a more varied terrain of participants collaborating on basic technologies and tools while competing on value-added services.

By implementing fair ICT procurement practices informed by a government policy that promotes the larger economic welfare and social benefits, we can begin to rephrase “may the best product win” into “may the most beneficial product win”.

As part of a panel discussion, Technetra discussed the need for a deeper understanding of the legal and business issues of Open Source software in Indian language localization.

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Global information services from Silicon Valley to Silicon India.

Technetra presented on “Open Source: Proprietary Philanthropy”, an overview of the nature of Linux and Open Source Software at the annual conference of the Computer Society of India (CSI).

Price competition and multi-cultural flexibility introduced by OSS reinforces the need for companies such as Microsoft to be better team players to earn the respect and support of their customers.

This seminar was part of PHDCCI’s initiative to create Linux awareness in the Indian business community where a group of experts including Technetra presented on the various facets of OSS and Linux.

Linux and open source software (OSS) are widely used for internal as well as high-visibility external projects at both NASA and ESA. While the future is bright for open technologies at both space agencies, procurement rules and licensing considerations may need to be changed to better support the advantages of Linux and OSS.

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.