Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i28/92158
Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 28, Pages: 1-4
Original Article
Sushil Kumar1*, Rajiv Mahajan2 and Sumesh Sood3
1 Department of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, sharma.sushil1@ rediffmail.com
2 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, [email protected]
3 Department of Computer Applications, [email protected]
*Author for correspondence
Sushil Kumar
Department of Research, Innovation and Consultancy,
Email: sharma.sushil1@ rediffmail.com
Objective: Cost minimization on software so that it may be financially viable to provide the various services to all the people of India. Method: An Analytical study was conducted on costs incurred on proprietary software and their corresponding FOSS i.e. free and open source software. Findings: Most part of finance is spent on proprietary software that can be saved by replacing them with the alternative FOSS that too being developed and promoted by DIETY i.e. Department of Electronics and Information Technology and various organizations, societies and institutions like NIELIT i.e National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, NRCFOSS i.e. National Resource Centre for FOSS and CDAC i.e. Centre for development of Advance Computing and NIC i.e. National Informatics Centre. Applications/Improvements: The huge amount of finances incurred on proprietary software can easily be saved by replacing these software by their corresponding FOSS i.e. free and open source software
Keywords: Common Service Centers, FOSS, Finances, Lokmitra Kenderas, Proprietary software
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