RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: scale of FOSS projects

2008-05-07 Thread Landon Blake
ntonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro; Frederico Augusto BedĂȘ; Ubirajara Moura de Freitas; Fredinho; Karine Reis Ferreira Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: scale of FOSS projects Dear all [EMAIL PROTECTED] stated: (...) > In the past i've heard it suggested that really successful open source > pro

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: scale of FOSS projects

2008-05-06 Thread Dave Patton
Gilberto Camara wrote: (c) Many innovations are produced at academic institutions. Most of those institutions have no incentive nor mission to support open-source development projects. Taking these innovations out of academia and giving them institutional support (private or publ

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: scale of FOSS projects

2008-05-06 Thread Gilberto Camara
Dear all [EMAIL PROTECTED] stated: (...) > In the past i've heard it suggested that really successful open source > projects now need serious organisational backing. They can't be built > by a network of partly-funded enthusiast contributors alone. (...) > If this is inevitable, why? Is innovatio