Cameron wrote: " Canada looks preferable to the US. I wonder how much the Canadian GeoConnections program is responsible for Canada's strong OSGeo industry."
I believe governments in Canada are much more supportive of open source software than governments in the United States. In my experience, the attitude towards open source software held by many organizations in the United States is still skeptical, if not hostile. I believe this may be due in part to successful lobbying and marketing campaigns by big software companies in the US. We also seem to be more tolerant of software monopolies than other industrialized nations. Microsoft's trouble with the EU might be one example demonstrating the differences in attitude. Go Canada! (Home of the original JUMP desktop GIS, I might add.) :] Landon Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658 -----Original Message----- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 1:43 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo friendly countries to live in Yves Jacolin has sliced FOSS4G <http://2009.foss4g.org/> website hits to determine the number of FOSS4G attendees per million people, broken down by country. From this, you can get a feeling for the most OSGeo tolerant populations in the world (distorted around Australia due to the conference location). So what can we learn? * Japan and Mongolia are the place be in Asia * Chilli is the place to be in Latin America * Canada looks preferable to the US. I wonder how much the Canadian GeoConnections program is responsible for Canada's strong OSGeo industry. * There is a lot of interest across Europe, so FOSS4G 2010 should be a crowded event. * Africa seems to have learned all they need to know when FOSS4G attended Johannesburg last year, and won't be heading to Australia in force. You can view the maps here: http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2009/08/osgeo-friendly-countries-to-l ive-in.html and in French on Yves blog: http://georezo.net/blog/geolibre/2009/08/16/geolocalisation-des-visite-d u-site-foss4g-2009/ -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Systems Architect Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss