From 65438 to 0990, the export of Indian software industry was almost zero, and in 2000 it exceeded $8.5 billion. In 2000, the total output value of China's software industry was 23 billion yuan, less than 3 billion US dollars. Through this comparison, we immediately know how much progress India's software industry has made. Its future goal is even more amazing: India plans to export 50 billion dollars of software in 2008. There are some discussions in the domestic industry, such as: India is a "world software factory" and its software industry is "processing (design) with supplied materials"; "The biggest advantage of Indian software industry is large-scale production and assembly line. They have a large number of software workers, and the largest software company has 10000 people "... these are all mixed. After interviewing the first to eighth software companies in India, Asian journalists feel that these statements are often correct, but their understanding is quite different. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the largest and oldest software company in India, with 65,438+08,000 employees. Like many software companies in India, 90% of its revenue comes from the international market. Its 13 department has passed the SEI-CMM level 5 certification, which is an internationally authoritative software certification capability maturity model. Mr. Ruomadoe, CEO, proudly said: TCS is the best. In software research and development, he said: The whole culture of the company is an interactive platform. We have cooperated with HP, Compaq and other hardware manufacturers, and established R&D teams corresponding to Unix, Windows, Linux and other operating systems. In the database management system, we have cooperated with DB2, Oracle Bone Inscriptions and SQL. This situation is in sharp contrast with the domestic software industry: domestic software companies are mainly consumer applications and are most keen on establishing their own product brands, while Indian software entrepreneurs are talking about their R&D and processing capabilities. After 10 years of rapid development, Indians have built their software industry into a big brand. It is very competitive in the international market and often beats its counterparts in other countries in international bidding. International organizations and user companies have been tracking Indian software products for five years, and they are generally considered as "trustworthy products". Rajiv Carr, general manager of Microsoft India, told the reporter: Of the 40 companies in the world rated as CMM)5, India accounted for 29, surpassing the United States; Wipro, the third largest software company in India, is the first IT service provider in the world to obtain SEI-CMM level 5 quality certification. "Why are there far more software workers in India than software designers? Is it because India has a large number of outsourced software production, so it lacks high-level software design? " The CEO of an Indian software company replied, "The measure should not be the number of designers, but the ability to use designers to build complex solutions." Indian software companies attach importance to product development process and standardization. They can do almost any job, such as ERP, CRM, e-commerce and so on. , including all programming languages, can adapt to any model. Indian software conquered the world with excellent design and precise manufacturing. Its software has been exported to 86 countries, and 65,438+085 companies in Fortune 500 have used Indian software products. Although they are all developing countries, although the software industry started almost at the same time, India has taken a completely different route from China's software industry. Software engineer is the best job. We flew from Singapore to India. It was already evening when we arrived in New Delhi. The next morning, we went to visit Indian it Minister Pramod Mahazhan by bus, and we really saw the market in the Indian capital. Sorry, the first thing I found was "motorcycle"-a plastic shed on the cover of an ordinary motorcycle. There is a humble seat in which sits a woman wearing "Sally" (Indian national costume), and the dark-skinned driver and passengers are barefoot. Since then, we have seen motorcycles and cars everywhere on the streets of Karnataka, the capital of India, Bangalore, the famous garden city of India, and Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh. Cities without motorcycles are underdeveloped places. The roads and buildings in New Delhi and Bangalore are far less beautiful than those in Beijing and Shanghai, and even less beautiful than the developed capital cities of China. As the second most populous country in Asia and the world, India's economic burden is obviously heavy, but the output value of other people's software is dozens of times that of ours, which we can't accept. Infosys is the largest IT service company in the world, just outside Bangalore, covering an area of 6,543,800 square feet. The factory has laid 40 kilometers of optical fiber, and its 26 buildings are distributed in large lawns and forests. In order to make it easy for employees to recognize each other, these buildings are not too big, but they are very beautiful. Every time they meet a big customer, they build a new building, which is owned by world-renowned companies such as Nortel. There are many such software companies in Bangalore, known as India's Silicon Valley, and Hyderabad, another information industry center. The scale of land occupation, number of personnel, output value and profit are far superior to those of Beijing Shangdi Information Industry Base and Shenzhen High-tech Park. However, once you step out of the enterprise, you will see an underdeveloped economy. It is said that India's four-lane high-grade highway is only 500 kilometers. The relatively backward economic base not only coexists with the super-developed software industry, but also becomes the catalyst and fertile soil for the rapid expansion of the software industry, where the gorgeous flowers of the software industry are in full swing. Why? Thinking and asking questions all the way, I even found some truth. The most important reason is that people's longing for a happy life has found sustenance in the software industry. India has a strong computer basic education. Every year, 654.38+0.5 million -654.38+0.8 million computer engineers graduate from universities and flood into various software companies. These people quickly changed their lives and the lives of their families. In India, the average monthly salary of software engineers is 40,000 rupees, about 7,000 yuan, which makes ordinary Indians envious. The average income of car drivers is less than 4,000 rupees/month. It is conceivable how dedicated Indian software engineers will be, which is also the wish of the government. India's IT Minister, Mr. Pramod Mahazhan, told reporters that India has been trying to establish a system for many years to provide well-trained people with opportunities to get rich and make them entrepreneurs, technical experts and excellent software engineers. From Wipro to Infosys, the Indian driver Om prakash, who drives for us, is only 3000 rupees a month. We asked him, "Do you and your friends have computers?" He said, "Oh, no, that's too expensive. A set costs 25,000 rupees. "But he quickly added that he must buy a computer for his daughter in the future, so that she can go from primary school computer to software. His daughter is only five years old this year, but he is already saving money for her. Om Prakash said that being a software engineer is a "very, very good career" and he couldn't think of anything better than being a software engineer. Government and enterprises promote software development * * * Indian government officials are not shy about talking about the reality of India's underdeveloped economy and backward education and culture. On the contrary, they have taken the initiative to introduce a lot of information to reporters: the biggest advantage of India's software industry is that it can train hundreds of thousands of computer engineers every year, who are proficient in English. But at the same time, India 15% population can't read and write, and more people are "electronic illiterate". The popularity of computers and the Internet is limited, and the rapidly developing software industry is also facing the difficulty of lack of talents. To this end, the government spared no effort to promote information technology education. Excluding university computer education, 70,000 private computer training schools in India can train 1 10,000 people every year. India is also actively cooperating with multinational companies to train talents. Three and a half years ago, there were only 2,000 technicians certified by Microsoft in India, but now there are 654.38 million Indian engineers certified by Microsoft through training every year. In India, a group of far-sighted politicians and enterprises are working together to actively promote the development of software industry and knowledge economy. Chandra Babu Dunai, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, is a typical example. Six years ago, he tried his best to promote the application of local information technology and industrial development. "At that time, I was criticized a lot. People say, look at that man. He doesn't care about food, clothing, housing and transportation, but only talks about (information technology). However, Dunai believes that the development of information technology is an opportunity to increase employment, earn foreign exchange and promote social progress, and puts forward his own views on these criticisms. Under the leadership of Chandra Babu Dunai, Andhra Pradesh has effectively implemented e-commerce. Citizens can pay all bills and get all receipts through the internet, and they can also buy tickets for various tourist vehicles such as train tickets and plane tickets through the internet. In Andhra Pradesh, the "Remote Consultation Project" was launched. The government medical center located in a remote mountain village diagnosed the villagers' condition through the Internet under the guidance of a private hospital in the capital. At the same time, online procurement is also being promoted and implemented. Dunai's idea is that all projects that can be carried out through the Internet should be developed. He believes that the network not only improves efficiency, but also reduces the face-to-face contact between civil servants and citizens, which can effectively prevent corruption; Moreover, only through practical demonstrations can people understand the important role of information technology. Practice has proved that Dunai is correct. Now, the voice against popularizing IT technology has quietly disappeared. Government agencies at all levels in India have played a vital role in promoting the development of the software industry. India has enacted the most stringent anti-piracy laws and regulations in the world, and it is tax-free for the import and export of software technology and products. In India, 65,438+09 states have formulated information technology policies to encourage local and foreign software enterprises to start businesses. Bill Gates has long predicted that India will become a software superpower in 2 1 century, and now this prediction is becoming a reality.