Canada And Open Source

A recent report ranks Canada's open source activity at number 28 out of the 75 countries that were included in the research. It is quite sad that several third world countries rank higher, but I'm hardly surprised by our mediocre position. The Federal government has only now started to study open source as an option for government projects. While this a good sign, we all know how long these studies can take so it could be at least another 5 years before conditions for open source improve in Canada. And I'm sure the lobbyist from the propriety vendors will be working overtime to ensure it doesn't happen.