India anoints little-known Zoom clone called Vconsol as its home-grown videoconf tool of choice - Great idea but I'd like to have seen open source Jitsi adopted if possible

India's tech ministry has named Vconsol as the winner of its competition to find a home-grown video conferencing product the nation's government can use in preference to products sourced from overseas.

Alappuzha-based startup Techgentsia Software Technologies developed Vconsol and will score $133,000 plus $53,000 over the next three years, plus contracts that will see the app rolled out across the public sector for four years.

It seems open source products were definitely considered but I'd be interested to know why something like cloud-ready Jitsi was not adopted as it uses similar technology and could be customised for use by India.

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Alappuzha's Techgentsia Software has a golden ticket for government work

source https://gadgeteer.co.za/india-anoints-little-known-zoom-clone-called-vconsol-its-home-grown-videoconf-tool-choice-great