Thanks Maria, I reject the idea that we are advertising proprietary software, so each time it is phrased that way of course everyone well say "no".
I want to help our software reach visitors that feel locked into proprietary software, please recognize this goal and how "migrate from" can help. -- Jody Garnett On 20 September 2017 at 09:49, Maria Antonia Brovelli < maria.brove...@polimi.it> wrote: > Dear Jody > Personally I agree with Helmut and I don't see any necessity of putting > "similar proprietary software" on our web pages. I don't think proprietary > software need to be advertized. We are a Foundation about Open Software and > I want to see the open source projects on the website that we have been > paying as OSGeo. > I ask please to remove the "similar proprietary software" and the related > links. > Many thanks > Best, > Maria > > > > > > Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung > > > -------- Messaggio originale -------- > Da: Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> > Data: 20/09/17 14:45 (GMT+01:00) > A: Margherita Di Leo <direg...@gmail.com>, Helmut Kudrnovsky < > hel...@web.de> > Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo-Marketing < > market...@lists.osgeo.org> > Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Marketing] Proprietary GIS on our OSGeo > website > > Thanks for the discussion on the bug report. Please keep in mind that this > website is written by us, but it is not intended for us - it is intended > for the vast majority of the GIS industry that has honestly not heard about > open source yet. > > These sections are optional, if one of our open source projects has a > particular target market in mind filling in this information would really > help! Indeed when I go to a normal GIS conference this is the top question > - since I have not had a chance to use the proprietary software it is not > one I can easily answer. > > In the above bug report I would like to change the heading from "Similar > Proprietary Products" to "Migrate From", but perhaps that is too > confrontational? I would also like to avoid advertising proprietary > software, linking to the associated wikipedia entry if appropriate. > > I am not interested in reciprocity, I am interested in OSGeo projects > taking competition to the GIS industry which as been missing. > > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 5:09 AM Margherita Di Leo <direg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hel...@web.de> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear OSGeo community >>> >>> I want to bring you a discussion on a github ticket about linking to >>> "similar proprietary products" [1] to your attention. >>> >>> My comment there: >>> >>> "I support and concur with Venka that the item "Similar Proprietary >>> Products" should be removed. There isn't only one proprietary GIS software >>> out there, there are several others. IMHO such comparisons may be part of >>> e.g. a reviewed scientific paper/elaboration, where our OSGeo projects - if >>> they want to - may link to. I see no added value for OSGeo to serve such >>> links. As already elsewhere mentioned by me, reciprocity is the key if such >>> items are listed, but I can't see this happen. " >>> >> >> I agree. I don't understand it either. >> >>> >>> I'm pretty much convinced that more effort to help our OSGeo projects >>> improving on every level (e.g. documentation, reach out, testing, etc) is >>> the key rather than linking to proprietary software. One of such >>> opportunities may be the upcoming Google Code In (GCI) 2017 e.g. to produce >>> nice screenshots for documentation, produce some fancy videos etc. based on >>> tiny little tasks for students aged 13 to 17. A good invest in the young >>> who will be our OSGeo's future. >>> >> >> Thanks for mentioning that, Helli. May I add that suitable tasks for >> students may include design of web pages and / or promotional material, see >> for example https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2015/organization/4777 >> 925899452416/task/5259692246827008/ >> I take the liberty of cc'ing the marketing committee, because it would be >> nice to see some members joining the code-in mentors pool. Let us know that >> you want to join, writing an email to gsoc-ad...@osgeo.org and I'll send >> you the subscription form. >> Hoping that I didn't go much off topic respect to the original meaning of >> this email >> >> Thank you >> >> >> >>> >> >> -- >> Margherita Di Leo >> _______________________________________________ >> Marketing mailing list >> market...@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > >
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