01197nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245004100055210003800096260004200134520084600176100001701022856003601039       2008                        eng d  a1913-610200aEditorial: Open Data (February 2008)0 aEditorial Open Data February 2008  aOttawabTalent First Networkc02/20083 aOn February 8, as the Open Source Definition and the Open Source Initiative entered their second decade, Bruce Perens published his reflections in State of Open Source Message: A New Decade for Open Source. He states his intent was to provide "another way of talking about Free Software, tailored to the ears of business people". Seeing that Gartner is predicting that "by 2011 at least 80% of commercial software will contain significant amounts of open source code", it would appear that the open source message has succeeded in reaching the ears of business people.

While awareness of open source code has reached a certain level of maturity, the innovation possibilities extend beyond the code itself. As you'll see in this issue of the OSBR, awareness of open "data" is still in its infancy, resulting in many untapped opportunities.1 aLavigne, Dru  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/119