Asia set to 'give back' to open source
Asia is in the middle of a mass adoption wave of open source technology, and the floodgates of innovation will open following this wave in two to three years, according to open source vendors.
Following recent remarks made by MySQL co-founder, David Axmark, on Asia's lack of contribution back to the open source community, fellow industry spokespeople were decidedly more optimistic about the region's role to play in the open source ecosystem.
Arun Kumar, director of services at Red Hat, told ZDNet Asia in an interview that open source first has to be taken up broadly by both enterprises and governments as the first step.
This is one thing that has happened in the West, which saw innovation coming out from the community after mass adoption, he said.
Broadly speaking, Asia is about two to three years behind the West in this respect, with the more "advanced communities" in the region such as India lagging by some 12 to 18 months, said Kumar.
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