Re: [postgis-users] Help in Defending FOSS SDI

2010-08-02 Thread Peter Baumann
For what it's worth: I cannot speak about FOSS in general, but for raster servers I dare to take position. Open-source rasdaman repeatedly has been reported to have a performance way superior to ArcSDE. Some more voices (look at the Oracle one!): “world leading technology." -- Aerovista France (

Re: [postgis-users] Help in Defending FOSS SDI

2010-08-02 Thread Bèrto ëd Sèra
Hi all, one thing you may want to point out to the Indian Authorities is also that the phrase "A highly scalable system may therefore be confronted with high license costs" should be be understood according to what geoinformation is. A large system has a large number of potential external users, m

Re: [postgis-users] Help in Defending FOSS SDI

2010-08-02 Thread Simon Greener
Gee, somebody is desperate. S On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:07:55 +1000, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: Ravi wrote: Some so called SDI experts feel that FOSS SDI cannot perform at-par with Proprietary SDI. Please provide examples to fight a case from an Indian state which swears by Free and Open Source So

Re: [postgis-users] Help in Defending FOSS SDI

2010-08-02 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
Ravi wrote: Some so called SDI experts feel that FOSS SDI cannot perform at-par with Proprietary SDI. Please provide examples to fight a case from an Indian state which swears by Free and Open Source Software. We can never expect a better level playing field. Kerala - India Here are some ex

Re: [postgis-users] Help in Defending FOSS SDI

2010-08-02 Thread Edward Mac Gillavry
ctions.net Subject: [postgis-users] Help in Defending FOSS SDI Some so called SDI experts feel that FOSS SDI cannot perform at-par with Proprietary SDI. Please provide examples to fight a case from an Indian state which swears by Free and Open Source Software. We can never expect a better level pla

[postgis-users] Help in Defending FOSS SDI

2010-08-01 Thread Ravi
Some so called SDI experts feel that FOSS SDI cannot perform at-par with Proprietary SDI. Please provide examples to fight a case from an Indian state which swears by Free and Open Source Software. We can never expect a better level playing field. Kerala - India Here are some excerpts from a