Dear all!
Again I want to draw your attention to the Foss4Geo session at the 33rd
IGC. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended and is now
the 29 February 2008.
The 33rd IGC (International Geological Congress - Geosciences World
Congress) will take place from 6th to 14th August 2008
Paul Ramsey schrieb:
Also, wasn't there a FOSS4G presentation about
consulting as a way to further FOSS GIS development
and make a living at it as well?
Bit of a myth, as far as I can tell. This open source technology
wedge is still so small that the business opportunities remain
relatively
On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Andrea Aime wrote:
Despite that, user must first and foremost understand they are not
the driver.
... unless they pony up with money and/or time. As Tim said, you are
either a sink or a source. As an open source developer, I invest in
you the user (in money
Paul Ramsey ha scritto:
You are thinking the developers are working for you, the user, but they
aren't. They are working for themselves and their employers, and they
have perfectly good reasons to keep working on what they want to work
on. You, the freeloading user, are incidental to the proce
Well put Paul. A little harsh...but well put.
Landon
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I realize it ain't easy. But could consolidation
(future effort) make it easier?
The only thing that can be consolidated is developer effort, and even
where there are no programming language barriers (such as in the Java
world) there are lots of countervailing reasons that make mergers
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