It wasn't directed at you Chris, nor specifically at anyone. I just think the general tone of this conversation is pretty unproductive. Sure people have reasons about "being" strategic" everything but maybe it's just how I'm reading it but I just see the old, familiar tones of the "Free Software Movement" which is "do it my way (100% free) or the highway". I don't think that helps anyone..
It's all well and good if you're in a small organisation with 300 pcs or whatever like Chris P and you have that sort of latitude.. but people forget that most organisations aren't driven by cost or ideology - they're driven by business value. Openness is no different than being Green/Sustainable. It has to make good business sense in order to be the right decision. I can't go to my bosses and say "we have to do this because it's open source". They won't care and I don't blame them. - bri On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Christopher Schmidt <crschm...@crschmidt.net> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 08:06:59AM -1000, Brian Russo wrote: >> The latent arrogance displayed in this thread is more destructive than >> any software license. > > I'm not trying to be arrogant, I'm sorry if it came off that way. I really > just think it's important to realize that "Not every programmer programs > like I do". There are many different, effective ways, and tools that can > be used to write code; writing them off for yourself is fine, but trying > to control the decisions someone else makes is ill-advised and potentially > harmful. > > Regards, > -- > Christopher Schmidt > Web Developer > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Brian Russo / (808) 271 4166 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss