What does open source mean in India?
Is there a national consensus, or is it really driven state by state? Also, what are the key open source technologies that are existing in India today? Surely Linux, but what others? Why? Tapia: As India seeks to make its citizens a part of the global digital economy, it faces a formidable set of challenges. India’s IT industry may have won accolades all over the world, but many of India’s citizens have either no access or very limited access to technology. Unless access to IT is easily available to Indians, many Indians will be “digital illiterates” and this has widespread ramifications for education, e-government and other sectors of the economy. In education, India has 888,000 educational institutions and 350 million children in the age group of 6-19. In the area of e-government, India has to reach out to its one billion plus population at the lowest possible cost. At the individual level, India’s per capita income is Rs 20,862 ($474), while PC hardware costs Rs 10,000 ($227) and so
