In terms of software quality, how does India fare, globally?
In a very popular TV broadcast in the US, called 60 minutes, the presenter is quoted to say: The United States imports oil from Saudi Arabia, cars from Japan, TVs from Korea and whisky from Scotland. So, what do we import from India? We import people! Really smart people. This sums up the trust and importance the world has placed on the Indian software professional. They trust the quality of the work that is produced; for, the highest number of high process maturity software development organisations found anywhere in the world are still in India. With strong middle-class values and an emphasis on good quality education, our ethos is still very much learning-oriented and geared towards improving the intellectual faculties. Infrastructure provided by most software development organisations in India is world-class. At times, they even beat the best-of-the-best in the world! The logical and analytical abilities of the Indian software professional are unrivalled. Costs to produce good qual