> Cameron wrote: > > " Canada looks preferable to the US. I wonder how much the Canadian > GeoConnections program is responsible for Canada's strong OSGeo > industry."
The Canadian federal government is way ahead of most provinces on that front. One can see the commitments of organizations like the Centre for Topographic Information - Sherbrooke (federal agency) where some folks are actively collaborating on projects like OpenStreetMap as part of their duties. Open source in provinces is way behind, especially in my own province : Québec :-(. I don't know what it will take for government organizations to see the virtues of collaboration ... Yves _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss