First (municipal) government manager fired for resisting Open Data?

[Glen Newton]

"Former OC Transpo boss Alain Mercier warned as long ago as 2010 that
freely releasing live data on the locations of buses was at odds with
orders he had to make $1.1 million from advertising and sponsorships."
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Mercier+felt+Transpo+data+directive+contradicted+orders/6207981/story.html

There were other issues but this appears to have been one of them.

-Glen Newton


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[David Eaves]

Glen - I was thinking the same thing. Very interesting eh?

d

On 12-02-25 2:19 PM, Glen Newton wrote:

> "Former OC Transpo boss Alain Mercier warned as long ago as 2010 that
> freely releasing live data on the locations of buses was at odds with
> orders he had to make $1.1 million from advertising and sponsorships."
> http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Mercier+felt+Transpo+data+directive+contradicted+orders/6207981/story.html
>
> There were other issues but this appears to have been one of them.
>
> -Glen Newton
>
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[Glen Newton]

Joseph,

I agree: this might well be a watershed moment and perhaps a concerted
effort to connect with the new leadership might be a good idea.

-Glen

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Joseph Potvin <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Maybe a good time for local companies to organize and invite the city staff
> to an afternoon open data unconference called "The Bottom Line and Open
> Data".
>
> joseph
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> "Former OC Transpo boss Alain Mercier warned as long ago as 2010 that
>> freely releasing live data on the locations of buses was at odds with
>> orders he had to make $1.1 million from advertising and sponsorships."
>>
>> http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Mercier+felt+Transpo+data+directive+contradicted+orders/6207981/story.html
>>
>> There were other issues but this appears to have been one of them.
>>
>> -Glen Newton
>>
>>
>> http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/
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