Software Industry: the Indian Example and the Possibility of Applying it in Palestine

In this paper we give a summary about the stages of software industry development in India, and the strategies that have been followed up to stand up with this industry. The software industry in India contributed mainly in enhancing the Indian economy, where the software exports is expected to reach 57 billion American dollars in the year 2008. We try through this paper to duplicate the Indian experience in software industry considering strategies, approaches and mechanisms that have been adopted. We examine and investigate the possibility of utilizing the Indian experience on the Palestinian status taking into account the hardships and obstacles faced in Palestine. This work has been done to be an initiative towards the development of the weak Palestinian economy with the easiest and less cost approaches.