On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:36:43PM +0200, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: > > Christopher Schmidt wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 10:16:52AM +0200, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: > >> Markus Neteler wrote: > >>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Cameron Shorter > >>> <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Percy, > >>>> To start the ball rolling, I've created a wiki page for a desktop > >>>> comparison > >>>> here: > >>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GIS_Desktop_Comparison > >>> Here a reasonable contribution, lead by Tom McConnell: > >>> > >>> "Matrix on OSGeo and COTS software functionality" > >>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Albk_XRkhVkzdGxyYk8tNEZvLUp1UTUzTFN5bjlLX2c&hl=en > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> Markus > >>> > >> Here comes the prayer wheel again... > >> > >> What does "COTS" mean? "Ready-made products" [1]. Is that the opposite > >> to Open Source software? No. > > > > Did anyone say anything about it being an opposite? "OSGeo and COTS" > > is one phrase -- there is no distrinction in the spreadsheet (although > > there is a row stating whether the software is proprietary or not, > > which is obviously distinct from COTS.) > > > > I don't understand your complaint. What would you change about the > > spreadsheet that causes you to make this point? > > Did I complain?
Your email reads very much like a complaint to me. In fact, as your only reply was a complaint about terminology, with no obvious positive feedback for the person who put a lot of work into a nice spreadsheet, I would feel very discouraged personally on reading it -- doubly so since it comes from someone whose opinion is obviously well-respected in the OSGeo community. > Nothing wrong with the spread sheet. It is just the > words we are used to. To me "Matrix on OSGeo and COTS software > functionality" reads as "Comparing OSGeo software on one hand and COTS > on the other". But that's not what the spreadsheet is, nor is that the only way to read the sentence. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss