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Vancouver becomes role model for open source in government

By: Jennifer Kavur On: 07 Jun 2009 For: ComputerWorld Canada Creator

Open source activists are praising the Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source motion passed by the City of Vancouver last month. City Councillor Andrea Reimer provides an update on what to expect next.

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Open source activists are praising the Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source motion passed by the City of Vancouver last month.

Proposed by City Councillor Andrea Reimer, the motion encourages the adoption of open standards, promotes distribution of open data and places open source on equal footing with commercial software during procurement cycles.

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Jennifer Kavur Jennifer Kavur is a senior writer for Computer World Canada.

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