The discussion article misses the main issues raised:
'India did not have enough software companies nor are enough companies developing India-specific applications.' The reason, Mundie argued, was the poor quality of the country's software engineers. 'There are so few Indian software companies developing local software. That is a negative reinforcement, because there is no local software and no new applications.'
No amount of education can correct the situation. India, let us accept, has become a country of support and maintenance services. Innovations are feared, frowned upon and trampled as unwarranted. Which of the very large Software companies have been able to develop even a single software product that is internationally renowned and used in India?
Unless we have the courage as a nation to innovated, create and compete, no amount of policy changes, increasing or decreasing Engineering Colleges, is going to raise the level of Indian Software.
