Kevin Webb discusses his thoughts on Esri and open government.
"I recently made a frustrating–and failed–attempt to access a government data set encoded in ESRI’s proprietary and closed File Geodatabase format.
"This led to an email exchange with Jack Dangermond at ESRI asking about the difference between ESRI’s stated desire to help open up government data and my experience where ESRI’s commitment to closed formats prevented me from accessing data–at least without first buying a copy of ArcGIS."
