the social condition in India is very different.
On 03/11/2011, Swapnil Bhartiya <[email protected]> wrote: > India is kind of somewhat a sad situation. Compared to the amount of > educated people, I think India is fairly low on the list compared to > what it could be. Culturally it should be fairly easy, because language > barriers should not be there. If you are educated in India, you know > English even if it is not your first language. So India actually should > have an easier time being involved in some of the discussions. Don't get > me wrong, there are developers, but just not as many as I would expect. > And I don't know quite why. > > There is a fair amount of really enthusiastic local LUGs and I get to > hear about them. But, at the same time I don't know India, you know much > better. My gut feeling is that a lot of the actual professional > developers in India see software development as a job and not as a > hobby. That's the kind of picture I've gotten, I don't know if it's > true. If you see it [software development] as a job and not as a hobby > the whole open source thing is not as natural anymore. > > http://www.muktware.com/news/2855 > -- > <b>Swapnil Bhartiya</b><br> > Editor: Muktware.com<br> > Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives<br> > Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware<br> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware > Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
