India to promote use of open source in businesses

According to a recent article in The Hindu 'Business Line' - "Promotion of free and open source software (FOSS) will be an area of important attention for the Computer Society of India, as the country could benefit hugely out of it financially and socially, the CSI's newly elected president Satish Babu has said."

“We are looking at how IT and ICT could benefit the whole nation and the society at various levels. Promotion of FOSS is going to be an area of focus in this larger perspective. We believe that the country will benefit cost-wise and also in achieving the larger goal of using IT and ICT as a social tool,” Mr Satish told PTI here.