Comment from a back bencher who's somewhat interested in this idea...
+1 to Paolo, just call it OpenShape and let's move on. The format under discussion should be known to (1) support shapes and shape-like things and (2) be a truly "open" format. "OpenShape" nicely satifies both, rhymes nicely with things like "OpenLayers", and -- more important of all! -- as of a few minutes ago openshape.org has not yet been registered by anyone. (There are more fun things to debate/argue/discuss than naming...) -mpg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paolo Cavallini > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:10 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: idea for an OSGeo project -- > a new, opendata format > > Landon Blake ha scritto: > > > I really think you are going to run into problems using the > "Shapefile" > > as part of the trademark or name for any product not sold by ESRI. > > This can be easily be overcome by using "OpenShape". > I think this is a good idea, as it will make transition > psychologically > smoother. > pc > -- > Paolo Cavallini, see: http://www.faunalia.it/pc > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
