Even as we celebrate this great initiative, we also need to be ready to address the ramifications based on lessons learned elsewhere with similar initiatives as outlined in this article on why open data alone is not enough: <br>
<br><a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/st_essay_datafireworks/">http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/st_essay_datafireworks/</a> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Paul M <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:paulitrix@gmail.com">paulitrix@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Great initiative. Here is the site: <a href="http://opendata.go.ke/" target="_blank">http://opendata.go.ke/</a><br>
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