City of Vancouver Adopts Open Standards 132
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 favor. Their only criticism was, 'can't you do more?' with one advocating that free and open source software be given preference, not equal footing."
Welcome (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And that's, kids, how you .. (Score:1, Funny)
I'm a male prostitute, you insensitive clod!
Lowest Bidder? (Score:3, Funny)
You always hear about governments automatically going with the lowest bidder
Really? Where are you from?
Re:somebody has been looking at maps??? (Score:1, Funny)
Did the author just stumble on it or did someone tell him/her to identify which Vancouver?
I think the author realized he's writing for a primarily American audience, so it's not safe to assume that the audience would ever have even heard of Vancouver (either one).
Re:One good point about the Economical Crisis. (Score:3, Funny)
Cobol? Fortran? ; )