Pragmatically speaking, somewhere between tech and federal government
lies GOSLING and the concepts pioneered by Russel McOrmand, et all,
(http://www.goslingcommunity.org/) and Digital-Copyright.ca. Koodos
on a job well done. I really enjoy the site and the depth to which
you continue to pursue these governance topics (more in the areas of
IP and Copyright Law however).
My focus of pursuit has been shifted at least temporarily to
governance issues regarding the private market. This can be both
problematic and helpful to visit upon. Since it is a slight
performance hit to raw computational speed upfront, in exchange for
strategic insight of use to the local sector, it has been slightly
disappointing, but fulling none-the-less. I've taken the hit to my
business and optimized it out, so if you want digest blocks I am
caching regional sector metadata out of necessity, however please
don't touch my (or other members) proprietary intellectual property
portfolio, as I am sensitive to this.
One of my goals is to protect the momentum Ottawa high-tech sector
and FL/OSS friendly business has established, I simply can't help but
find/collect primes all the time. However, I am hopeful I can still
act in the capacity as contractor/execution node and not just router
OTTAWA-B and meta-data cache/collector node.
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While I likely won't make it to GOSLING this week either, feel free
to converse with me anyway.
As there are many which have visited upon these topics in a pragmatic
sense and were forced to learn anew coping strategies to complex/
multifactor markets it would help perhaps to have a few talking
points/recommended practices.
Topics I would like to expand on include:
* regional influences to technical development
* security researchers and career choices (pseudonymous wiki
contributions anyone?)
* maximal profits including between government and private sector
* coordination of local tech sector
* buttressing the security of your consultancy (I'll accept
suggestions)
* avoiding brain drain and leaking of strategic knowledge (outside
Ottawa)
* sharing and coordination of Open Source business intelligence
* locus of activity versus global networks, factors of gravitation
and common pursuit
* the role of observation and impacts on private business
* private vs. public knowledge and knowledge sharing topics
* protections afforded to Canadians with regards to private assets
including IP
(Dis)Advantages to a dual Federal Public-Private Metropolitan:
* Lots of government contracting opportunities
* Excellent interconnection between individuals in both sectors
* ''Synergies'' abound, and precautionary steps to ensure favorable
outcomes
* Private sector: staunch and necessitated protectionism?
But as much as I love the Capital, the downside I see to those in
private sector is being taken advantage of against their will by
government who seek entropy from cross-metro private business
exchange w/o monetary compensation/formal arrangements extended (akin
to slavery) and hostile interests/turbulence being introduced into
the local market in defeat of common coordination that makes
geographic and financial sense for long term sustained sector
development.
Especially bothersome is when/if your business secrets are taken from
you before you have a chance to act on them. I have found that
government has preferential arrangements with certain businesses and
may not always afford new comers a fair chance, hammering down on
individual/small business, instead of recognizing common advantage/
future potential. This is an issue for business which are marketing
Open Source software and to an extent a common theme addressed upon
in the past by GOSLING and OCLUG members. Big businesses like
Microsoft(tm) have a perception of pushing people out of business in
a covert manner. The US government also has an influence in Canada,
one which should be viewed with caution, especially for Ottawa-based
telecom,. security and software companies who wish to maintain a
Canadian versus US ownership.
The way I see it, is there are currently a number of established
arrangements which are hostile to local business, and can introduce
the capacity for draining the ability to achieve a local sector
momentum in common support/protection of long term interests which
would otherwise not be able to exist.
Thanks,
- afields