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-----Original Message----- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Schlagel, Joel D IWR Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 8:20 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Interesting Article on Open Source @ NASA .. http://gcn.com/articles/2010/05/06/kemp-nasa-open-source.aspx Not directly related to geospatial technology, but a number of memorable quotes: Developing with open source is important to the government, Kemp said, because it helps the government have an influence over emerging standards and to push commercial software providers into supporting features that benefit the government. ³We see a close correlation between the areas of new development where standards do not really exist and open-source development,² Kemp told the OGI audience.³Open-source development allows the federal government to adopt emerging standards, and to create a reference platform from standards work that's going on at NIST and various other standards bodies that are being coordinated by NIST.² -joel ---- Joel D. Schlagel U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss