Delayed start or change of course?
The initiative to create a national platform for sharing and developing open source code, which was supposed to be completed by the end of April 2024, was postponed indefinitely due to lack of funding. This is reported by the Vedomosti newspaper, referring to information from representatives of two IT companies.
In December 2022, the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia proposed to allocate 1.3 billion rubles from the Rosinfokominvest fund, where the funds have been unused since 2007, to finance this experiment. However, these funds were never transferred to the Russian Fund for the Development of Information Technologies, which is responsible for the implementation of the project.
According to a source close to the government, work is currently underway with experts to review the strategy for implementing this and other projects, with a focus on actively engaging artificial intelligence for data and code processing, as well as involving the IT community to solve the tasks set. The results should be available later.
In September 2021, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin proposed creating a Russian platform for joint development of IT projects, similar to the international platform GitHub. The experiment was supposed to last for a year and a half, from November 2022 to April 2024.
The need for a national platform arose after GitHub blocked users from Crimea, after which Mishustin instructed to create a state platform to ensure the digital sovereignty of the country and create the necessary code base inside Russia. In May 2023, the Ministry of Digital Development approved a list of 82 participants in the experiment, including federal and regional authorities, large companies and individuals.
However, since 2022, private platforms for joint development and hosting of code have appeared in Russia, which, according to some experts, has reduced the need for creating a national repository. However, the emergence of multiple platforms has led to a disjointed community and the lack of a single platform, which complicates interaction between developers.
Maintaining a national open source repository would require significant investment in infrastructure and security, which is estimated to cost between 300 and 500 million rubles over three years.
The initiative to create a national platform for sharing and developing open source code, which was supposed to be completed by the end of April 2024, was postponed indefinitely due to lack of funding. This is reported by the Vedomosti newspaper, referring to information from representatives of two IT companies.
In December 2022, the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia proposed to allocate 1.3 billion rubles from the Rosinfokominvest fund, where the funds have been unused since 2007, to finance this experiment. However, these funds were never transferred to the Russian Fund for the Development of Information Technologies, which is responsible for the implementation of the project.
According to a source close to the government, work is currently underway with experts to review the strategy for implementing this and other projects, with a focus on actively engaging artificial intelligence for data and code processing, as well as involving the IT community to solve the tasks set. The results should be available later.
In September 2021, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin proposed creating a Russian platform for joint development of IT projects, similar to the international platform GitHub. The experiment was supposed to last for a year and a half, from November 2022 to April 2024.
The need for a national platform arose after GitHub blocked users from Crimea, after which Mishustin instructed to create a state platform to ensure the digital sovereignty of the country and create the necessary code base inside Russia. In May 2023, the Ministry of Digital Development approved a list of 82 participants in the experiment, including federal and regional authorities, large companies and individuals.
However, since 2022, private platforms for joint development and hosting of code have appeared in Russia, which, according to some experts, has reduced the need for creating a national repository. However, the emergence of multiple platforms has led to a disjointed community and the lack of a single platform, which complicates interaction between developers.
Maintaining a national open source repository would require significant investment in infrastructure and security, which is estimated to cost between 300 and 500 million rubles over three years.
