Section 12.5. Conclusion

12.5. Conclusion

OSS is still early in its influence in India. While the outsourcing business of Indian IT industry is profiting from the new services and integration market provided by OSS, the domestic market is still immature. The domestic adoption of OSS is also handicapped by the ready availability of inexpensive, pirated, proprietary software products. However, there are signs of increasing use of OSS in government information processing and provision of services, as well as in educational curricula and in tools used to create educational content within many knowledge areas.

However, the long-term potential of OSS is recognized by some of the leadership of Indiafor example, by the current president of India, Dr. APJ Kalam. With continued advocacy, OSS can become a Gold Revolution that powers export as well as domestic industries across all economic segments and realizes the promise of a shared knowledge and collaboration-based information society.