<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Ross,<br><br></div>In fairness to ESRI, they have been involved in open standards for many years, working with at least OGC and ISO TC211.<br><br></div>They have also been investing in open source for at least ten years, e.g. they are one of the investors behind 52 North:<br><br><a href="http://52north.org/about/52north/history">http://52north.org/about/52north/history</a><br><br></div>Bruce<br><br><div><div><div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span id="gmail-m_-5747650863953587509OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-m_-5747650863953587509OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:calibri;font-size:11pt;text-align:left;color:black;border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(181,196,223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color;padding:3pt 0in 0in">
<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Aust-NZ <<a href="mailto:aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.<wbr>org</a>> on behalf of Ross Johnson <<a href="mailto:rossgo@hotmail.com" target="_blank">rossgo@hotmail.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, 28 November 2016 at 20:10<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Aust-NZ] Esri's commitment to open source<br>
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<p><a href="http://geoawesomeness.com/esris-commitment-to-open-open-data-interoperability-open-source/" class="gmail-m_-5747650863953587509OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-m_-5747650863953587509LPlnk257459" target="_blank">http://geoawesomeness.com/<wbr>esris-commitment-to-open-open-<wbr>data-interoperability-open-<wbr>source/</a></p>
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<a id="gmail-m_-5747650863953587509LPUrlAnchor_14803237584020.2416056626158627" href="http://geoawesomeness.com/esris-commitment-to-open-open-data-interoperability-open-source/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Esri's commitment to Open: Open Data, Interoperability ...</a></div>
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<a href="http://geoawesomeness.com" target="_blank">geoawesomeness.com</a></div>
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Interestingly, while the page seems to focus a lot on the company’s vision for interoperability and open standard, there is no separate tab for Open Source.</div>
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