[clug-talk] Census Canada 2006 Info

[Jarrod Major]

On Thursday 18 May 2006 18:05, Dave Watkins - CLUG wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Another update on the census saga.
>
> Have a look at http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=39446
> for more info.
>
> It’s obvious by the comments made by Linux community members have had an
> effect.

Okay, I am very happy I had my say in this. The article didn't even paint 
Linux users or Open Source advocates as overly zealous. It was pretty fair in 
my opinion.

The fact of the matter is that the Government issued this advisory that they 
would adhere to these standards for accessibility and then this census proved 
that they weren't even following their own guidelines. It was a nice recant.

As far as I am concerned this is the kind of egg-on-the-face that Government 
needs now and again. And if it works in our favour all the better.

I was not aware of the Lockheed-Martin connection though and that irks me as 
much as the lack of support for OSS. It drives me when our own Government 
outources things as critical as this to US companies. Tsk!

-- 
Jarrod Major
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