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Business Standard: What ‘open source’ means to India

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 16, 1998

Regarding an earlier editorial
in The Economic Times, Ajay Shah sees the picture in different
terms.

‘Ideas and knowledge which were once only accessible in coffee
shops in Silicon Valley are available in Kolhapur and Darjeeling
through open source. Indian software companies which cultivate
teams which work with open source will gain superior knowledge
compared with firms which rely on “cars which have their bonnets
welded shut”.’

Ajay’s
editorial

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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