Le Thursday 03 January 2008 02:27:56 Dr. Markus Lupp, vous avez écrit :
> 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 s
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
bit off topic,but FOSS
GIS clients...
> 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
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
i
