Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Dec 31, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, Dec 31, 2002 |
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Trends Linux gaining stature: Nasscom Our Bureau
BANGALORE, Dec. 30 ``LINUX has the potential to grow into a leading operating system (OS) in India, co-existing with the other established players in this market,'' according to a recent the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) study. The study carried out to assess the domestic market for Linux has revealed that as the OS matures and moves up the evolutionary cycle, it was likely to garner larger and larger support among the IT user segments. As of now, Linux still has challenges to overcome and turf to gain, it said. The study examined the emerging trends and issues facing the providers and the users of Linux. Indian corporates, government and the PSU users, influenced by the usage of Linux by large IT users in the overseas market, and cajoled by its cost reduction and bottom line benefits, were now showing willingness to try Linux, it said. A number of e-governance projects under implementation and on the anvil are either experiencing or intending to use Linux. The study also found out that the low-cost Linux advantage can best be exploited by the fast growing SME sector whereas virtually all leading IT vendors in India have developed products for the Linux platform and are making these available for customers in the country. Some of these vendors include Oracle, HP, IBM, Wipro etc. The Linux movement in India has gathered momentum thanks to the arrival of Red Hat (distributor of the most popular variant of Linux) in the country, it said. The company is making available Red Hat Linux, bringing the benefits of the OS to India's enterprise customers and the country's software development community While lack of regional language, "localised" software, has been one of the major impediments to the growth of the Indian domestic market, the study said that the openness of Linux allows this to be overcome. Linux can be localised in Indian languages and this will be used to spark off an Indian language software revolution in the country, the Nasscom study said.
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