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+-   City of Vancouver, Canada adopts open standards-> on Sunday May 24 2009, @12:27PM rbrander

Submitted by rbrander on Sunday May 24 2009, @12:27PM
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rbrander writes "Vancouver, Canada's third-largest city, has adopted a policy of "open standards, interfaces and formats" for all public data. They will also consider open-source software on an even footing with proprietary for all new software purchases. Fifteen of the fifteen people who signed up to speak to city council on the topic spoke in favour. Their only criticism was "can't you do more?" with one advocating that FOSS software be given preference, not equal footing."
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