I hear your words Ravi, well said. Let's not forget our roots. In
fact, just yesterday I began to help a group thinking of hosting their
first FOSS4G ever, in Costa Rica. Yesterday and today I've been diving
into that. Isn't that what FOSS4G and OSGeo are all about?! Helping
spread the passion for the community. (early stages, but discussions
are with TEC university - possibly a great venue, for students, users,
developers from all over Central America) I'm with you Ravi, doing the
little things to support our vision. While we're on this planet let's
help everyone share, and learn, and have fun doing it. -jeff
On 2017-10-18 2:57 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote:
GFOSS.. Commercial Support.. +1 for this.
But.. now that this has come to a boil..
WHY NOT THE BOARD AND WOULD BE BOARD COME OUT CLEAR ON THIS..
SURE THIS WILL HELP THE CHARTER.. WHOM TO VOTE..
'Free and Open Source'.. has brought to where we are.. This is a
community effort.
Is there a solution to OSGeo FOSS4G events, that are affordable to
Users/Developers/Students..
Ravi Kumar
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Tom Chadwin <tom.chad...@nnpa.org.uk
<mailto:tom.chad...@nnpa.org.uk>> wrote:
Hello all
A significant group who have possibly not yet chimed in on this
issue are the commercial organizations who sell GFOSS support and
development. I presume that FOSS4G is one of their best
opportunities to get new business.
I know there have been recent discussions/disagreements on this list
about how far OSGeo should promote commercial organizations.
However, these companies are the crucial element in GFOSS adoption
in many larger public- and private-sector bodies. Many simply will
not entertain GFOSS without commercial support, many believe the old
myth that open source means no support, and many simply will not
accept the risk of GFOSS without that support.
My point is that GFOSS would not have anything like the market
penetration it now does without commercial companies offering
open-source support and development. As I say, I stand to be
corrected, but FOSS4G surely enables them to persuade others to
migrate to GFOSS, which is to the whole community's benefit.
Thanks
Tom
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