The Long March Ahead to Technological Independence

• India’s true independence requires more than political autonomy; it also demands technological sovereignty.

• The country’s dependence on external sources, such as cloud services, is a serious vulnerability.

• Technological autonomy is the solution to this dependency, as India lacks a foundational software that it can trust completely.

• The open-source model offers a path to independence, with India able to create its own versions of Linux and Android that are safe and free of backdoors.

• The challenge lies in long-term support and maintenance, with a large, supportive user base necessary for a home-grown operating system to be viable.

• Achieving hardware sovereignty is a greater challenge than software sovereignty, requiring massive, long-term national investment in chip design, manufacturing, and supply chain management.

• India’s quest for technology independence should be through open-source software, which is a gift of society to itself.

• India needs the collective will to start an urgent mission of planning, development, and execution before a crisis forces its hand.

• The first step is to assemble a crack team to create India’s own versions of essential software from the open-source resources.

• India needs to set up teams to continually update and maintain these components, which should work like product teams in companies.

• The mission should be self-supporting or better, with a sound business model behind it.

• The immediate step is to establish a mission to plan the necessary actions, involving strong development and support teams of engineers and a capable project management team.

Long march technology is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS).

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