On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 01:58 Andrea Aime <andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Polimi <maria.brove...@polimi.it> wrote: > >> 1) in my opinion the size matters and it is not in se something negative >> to be a small startup or company instead of a big one. Anyway, as JeffJ >> said, if somebody is alienated we can skip it. We have just to better >> discuss this 'if'. >> > > Just sharing my two cents... > > From a project/community standpoint one wants to put front and center the > people, companies and > organizations that are the lifeblood of the community, those that are > contributing code, documentation, > advocating and helping users. Personally I'd keep it as a primary > classifier, failing to do so might divert > financial resources from the parts of the community that deserve and need > it the most. > > From the standpoint of an organization looking for a provider, size may > also be important, a larger company > typically has a better financial footing (mandatory in certain types of > contracts), and possibly a more diversified experience > among its ranks. Also, it might happen that the customer is looking for a > certain experience with the provider > (e.g, matching or getting closer to its own size, or looking for the more > industrial vs the more "boutique" > approach). > So... what about reporting the size of the company among the other > information, even if it is > not the primary classifier? The size could be reported as classes to > lessen the chore of maintaing such > information (e.g, "1-5", "5-20", "20-50", "50+", just thinking out loud > here) > It's easy enough to change the classes to these numbers. > Cheers > Andrea > > == > GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit > http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. > == > > Ing. Andrea Aime > @geowolf > Technical Lead > > GeoSolutions S.A.S. > Via di Montramito 3/A > 55054 Massarosa (LU) > phone: +39 0584 962313 > fax: +39 0584 1660272 > mob: +39 339 8844549 > > http://www.geo-solutions.it > http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it > > AVVERTENZE AI SENSI DEL D.Lgs. 196/2003 > > Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica e/o > nel/i file/s allegato/i sono da considerarsi strettamente riservate. Il > loro utilizzo è consentito esclusivamente al destinatario del messaggio, > per le finalità indicate nel messaggio stesso. Qualora riceviate questo > messaggio senza esserne il destinatario, Vi preghiamo cortesemente di > darcene notizia via e-mail e di procedere alla distruzione del messaggio > stesso, cancellandolo dal Vostro sistema. Conservare il messaggio stesso, > divulgarlo anche in parte, distribuirlo ad altri soggetti, copiarlo, od > utilizzarlo per finalità diverse, costituisce comportamento contrario ai > principi dettati dal D.Lgs. 196/2003. > > The information in this message and/or attachments, is intended solely for > the attention and use of the named addressee(s) and may be confidential or > proprietary in nature or covered by the provisions of privacy act > (Legislative Decree June, 30 2003, no.196 - Italy's New Data Protection > Code).Any use not in accord with its purpose, any disclosure, reproduction, > copying, distribution, or either dissemination, either whole or partial, is > strictly forbidden except previous formal approval of the named > addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please contact > immediately the sender by telephone, fax or e-mail and delete the > information in this message that has been received in error. The sender > does not give any warranty or accept liability as the content, accuracy or > completeness of sent messages and accepts no responsibility for changes > made after they were sent or for other risks which arise as a result of > e-mail transmission, viruses, etc. > >
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