Comments on: Open Source in India http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2008/01/16/open-source-in-india/ Gen Kanai's Mozilla weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:27:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Seth http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2008/01/16/open-source-in-india/#comment-22519 Seth Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:39:38 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2008/01/16/open-source-in-india/#comment-22519 I think there is a very dedicated community of open source contributors in India, but 200,000 seems to be off target. The largest open source conference in India, FOSS.IN, did not have a participation level that would indicate 200,000 people strong. I might be wrong. The FOSS community seems small, but growing, and there does seem to be a set of people really working to drive it forward. I worked closely with Atul Chitnis, who organized FOSS.IN. He seems to be very connected and would be a good person to chime in on this conversation. I think there is a very dedicated community of open source contributors in India, but 200,000 seems to be off target. The largest open source conference in India, FOSS.IN, did not have a participation level that would indicate 200,000 people strong. I might be wrong.

The FOSS community seems small, but growing, and there does seem to be a set of people really working to drive it forward. I worked closely with Atul Chitnis, who organized FOSS.IN. He seems to be very connected and would be a good person to chime in on this conversation.

]]> By: Arun http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2008/01/16/open-source-in-india/#comment-22436 Arun Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:43:36 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2008/01/16/open-source-in-india/#comment-22436 Estimates of the members of the community in India vary from 2,000 to 200,000. I would say 2000 itself is a very optimistic number. Of course if you include people who are aware of open source, Linux User Group members and people who occasionally file bug reports and join the development mailing lists of some projects, you might exceed the 200,000 number. I believe most of the potential open source developers are very 'gainfully' employed in traditional IT companies (including me) and are right now only consumers of free software. Estimates of the members of the community in India vary from 2,000 to 200,000.

I would say 2000 itself is a very optimistic number. Of course if you include people who are aware of open source, Linux User Group members and people who occasionally file bug reports and join the development mailing lists of some projects, you might exceed the 200,000 number.

I believe most of the potential open source developers are very ‘gainfully’ employed in traditional IT companies (including me) and are right now only consumers of free software.

]]>