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India is a closed source community or am I missing something here?

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Open source software has been a constant buzz among few of the iSPIRT volunteers over last few months. How does India rate on OSS contribution? Does OSS seriously matter in the success of a software / software services business? Is it important enough to build an OSS ecosystem for the India based startups? My own perception has been that the OSS engagement in India is low and as a result the...

OpenSource: The Most Underused Strategy by Indian Software Product Companies

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Open Source has been quietly making its mark. Kickstarter just completed a billion dollars in crowdfunding. A lot of the work funded via Kickstarter is licensed for public use. Because the initial capital is pitched in by lots of people, the creators have a lot of incentive to give it back to the people. The Do-It-Yourself community in both software and hardware is also on the rise. This is an...