Indian Government Goes More Open Source
Governments across the globe are going open source, other than those who are either close to Microsoft or who have been bought by them. Emerging economies such as India and Brazil know the value of open source It boosts local economy instead of filling the pockets of multi-national companies who have little or no interest in the development of the region. The government of India , despite desperate measures from companies like Microsoft has always been pro-free software or open source . The government has prepared a draft for the "Policy on Device Drivers for Procurement of Hardware for e-Governance". The goal of the policy is to to provide citizens with e-Governance services, which are technology-neutral, cost effective, interoperable and vendor-neutral. The draft [PDF] exposes an inherent problem in offering such services in the manner mentioned above, "... while implementing such systems, there is a possibility of non-availability of Device Drivers