As yu said, here in India, we have slight advantages on good english and because of this, we get all these service jobs. When, other countries like China, Philipines, Brazil show their skills in english, all western orders reach them one by one. Indian share will get reduced subsequently along with reduced pay structure. That's why many software biggies started having offshore centres in many other countries. But, now they give the image as if they are helping those countries. when this starts happening, will these companies relocate indian labour there?. It will never happen. They will use local low cost skills to manage the work. This may happen soon.I feel sorry for the IT guys who bank on these companies.
Yu are again right on the products comment. In fact, we donot need MS kind of companies here. Even MS can not emulate itself anywhere under the present condition. Software world never starts and stops with MS. Still there are many companies develop tools in many areas.
So, there is a huge potential for packaged software not only in India, but all over the globe.
Our biggies, during initial years work hard to get their billions and later they work hard to safeguard these billions.
They donot have mind set and courage to develop something in original and put into the competitive market and take that product for many years.
Even in India, many think, that India is the software capital of the world. what a pity!!
