RE: [Indic-computing-users] Size of Indian Language Computing Market?

[Ashish K. <as...@mi...>]

I would think it is not about the market being premature, but more about the
dearth of any qualified survey/research as to the actual size of business.
The estimates vary from 20 crores to 65000 crores (DQ cover story). We all
know there is a potentially huge market out there, but its dormant and
fragmented. It hasn't seen a scorching growth yet. No one really knows when
and how it will grow big. The govt. would play a vital role in growing this
market sizeably when it launches serious statewide/nationwide e-governance
programmes with plans for replicating them on large scale. Industry also has
a stake in this and needs to concentrate on developing serious applications
and productizing them, rather than focussing on the fonts customers.

Ashish

> Dear Anjaneyulu,
>
> Frankly, I don't think it is premature at all. How can anyone
> taking a business decision (as opposed to a tech decision) invest
> in a market he/she knows nothing about? People like us may do
> this work out of love but for commercial organizations, sizing
> the market is critical in terms of deciding how much time and
> effort to invest.
>
> Some people argue that since it is too early, there is no point
> in trying to size the market. That's akin to flying blind! It is
> better to create a working hypothesis and keep correcting it as
> more facts come to light. I'll check with MAIT (www.mait.com) for
> more information.
>
> Venky
>
>
>
> an...@in... wrote
>
> During the Indic workshop someone had mentioned that there was
> a study carried out by a Mumbai agency on the size of the Indian
> Language Computing market. Though it was discussed and felt that
> it was 'premature' to talk about market size I would like to try
> to get hold of any inputs from that study.
>
> Can someone point me to the study or who has done it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Anjaneyulu
> HP Labs India
>