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> On 11/13/07, Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROT
Just forwarded got an interesting email today,
I'll quote some of it;
...came back from a federal LiDAR conference last week complaining
about MAPPS (a lobbying group for engineers, architects and surveyors)
agenda to restrict the practice of GIS, mapping, and other geospatial
activities
Ned Horning wrote:
> On Mar 5, 2007, at 13:26, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
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>> The lack of understanding of what we mean by free just demonstrates the
>> need for additional outreach by OSGeo.
>
> I am still trying to get my head around the "free and open source" concept.
> I've been through the Fre
This is just one voice mumbling in the crowd.
But, this one voice views Oracle's so-called "free"
database Express Edition to be merely a 'loss leader'
distributed by Oracle with a few goals in mind.
One goal that this software achives, is that it allows
folks who are well versed in oracle databa
Landon Blake wrote:
> Tyler,
>
SNIP
> I don't know much about LaTex, but I have used Scribus. If we ever
> decide to move the newsletter to Scribus I could help with the layout
> and graphical production.
SNIP
I've used both, and for this particular type of application, I
really feel that scrib
