I am not sure we need the endorsement of others to be taken as serious - we are being taken serious because we are serious :)
We are also fun, motivated, and out to win. But our “win” includes everyone :) On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:59 AM Hans Gregers Hedegaard Petersen < greg...@septima.dk> wrote: > +1 to Jodys point of view. > > If you do not want to end up preaching for the choir, then you have to > welcome others. I would also like to urge people to consider that > “contribution” has many facets. > > Having big industry sponsor an event or codecamp, could also be seen as > labelling our conferences and software as serious. > > Best regards, > > Greg > > > søn. 25. feb. 2018 kl. 19.45 skrev Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>: > >> OSGeo is an advocate for open source and encourage all organizations to >> contribute. >> >> Personally I am happy to see ESRI participating, and have watched their >> open source game improve with the java geometry library first being >> released, and perhaps now accepting contributions. >> >> There is always work to be done and open source culture is a long game. I >> look forward to the next steps when we can focus more on a vendor neutral >> playground for collaboration (such as software foundations). >> >> I was also sad to see ESRI Europe drop out of the last day of our FOSS4G >> Europe event, we can and should be more welcoming in keeping with our >> vision. >> >> Empowering everyone with open source requires a big heart! >> > -- > > *Hans Gregers Hedegaard Petersen* > Partner, Seniorkonsulent > greg...@septima.dk > -------------------------- > Septima P/S > Frederiksberggade 19, 2 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Frederiksberggade+19,+2&entry=gmail&source=g>. > 1459 København K > www.septima.dk > Tlf: +45 7230 0672 > Direkte: +45 9132 6945 > Cvr: 34900841 > > -- -- Jody Garnett
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