[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-09 Thread Chander Ganesan
MORRISVILLE, NC - January 8, 2008 - Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training The Open Technology Group (OTG), the leader in the development and delivery of training solutions centered about Open Source technologies, announced today the addition of its "Introduction t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-17 Thread Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)
I don't think that this list wants to read "in-house developed intellectual property" advertisements. If every Open Source GIS market leader would to this we would be in trouble. It is good that you can already be found through the Service Provider Directory. If you want to raise more attentio

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-17 Thread Howard Butler
On Jan 17, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: If you were to lead the development of this material and put it into the Open Source (with your name attached) this would give you extra credibility and marketing reach. Why? Why must OTG put their hard earned training materials in the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-17 Thread Cameron Shorter
Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote: I don't think that this list wants to read "in-house developed intellectual property" advertisements. If every Open Source GIS market leader would to this we would be in trouble. It is good that you can already be found through the Service Provider Directory. I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-17 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
On 17-Jan-08, at 11:51 AM, Howard Butler wrote: I applaud OTG for developing a curriculum and providing training services to serve this market, and I think the osgeo-discuss is a perfect place for an announcement like this. I encouraged them to post here so others could know about this o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-17 Thread Cameron Shorter
Howard Butler wrote: On Jan 17, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: If you were to lead the development of this material and put it into the Open Source (with your name attached) this would give you extra credibility and marketing reach. Why? Why must OTG put their hard earned training

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-18 Thread Arnulf Christl
Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: On 17-Jan-08, at 11:51 AM, Howard Butler wrote: I applaud OTG for developing a curriculum and providing training services to serve this market, and I think the osgeo-discuss is a perfect place for an announcement like this. I encouraged them to post here so oth

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-18 Thread Dave Patton
Arnulf Christl wrote: [snip a bunch of really good stuff - thanks Arnulf] Does this mean that all businesses providing this kind of service should now spam this list with their latest announcements? http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo OSGeo-Announce: OSGeo Announcements and News OSGeo-Di

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-18 Thread Allan Doyle
+1 on no "advertising" or "announcements" on this list. I agree that it may sound churlish to stop good organizations from sending good information to good people; I also agree that allowing it would diminish the usefulness of this list. If the web page of offerings is not enough, then mayb

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-18 Thread Arnulf Christl
Howard Butler wrote: On Jan 17, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: If you were to lead the development of this material and put it into the Open Source (with your name attached) this would give you extra credibility and marketing reach. Why? Why must OTG put their hard earned training

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-18 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Allan Doyle wrote: +1 on no "advertising" or "announcements" on this list. I agree that it may sound churlish to stop good organizations from sending good information to good people; I also agree that allowing it would diminish the usefulness of this list. If the web page of offerings is not en

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-20 Thread Cameron Shorter
Arnulf, Excellent soap box speech. I'd love you to put it on a web page somewhere so that I can reference it next time this topic comes up. A wiki might be good so that we can collectively tweak it (as you suggest). Arnulf Christl wrote: Howard Butler wrote: On Jan 17, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Cam

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-20 Thread Erik Uzureau
Having read through this thread, I think Dave's suggestion is spot on. This Service Providers Directory (SPD) is an excellent resource, but what it is missing is the ability to send updates or news... It seems pretty clear that there are people here who are [at least mildly] offended by seeing adv

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training

2008-01-24 Thread Arnulf Christl
On Sun, January 20, 2008 11:33, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Arnulf, > Excellent soap box speech. I'd love you to put it on a web page > somewhere so that I can reference it next time this topic comes up. A wiki > might be good so that we can collectively tweak it (as you suggest). Hello, it took me