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<p>ESRI's involvement in OGC standards has been questionable to
date. Their involvement has been minimal compared to their market
share.</p>
<p>And the technical merit and motivation of their proposals have
been formally objected to twice by the OSGeo Foundation:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter</a><br>
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Cheers, Cameron<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/12/2016 8:33 AM, Bruce Bannerman
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In fairness to ESRI, they have been involved in open
standards for many years, working with at least OGC and ISO
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They have also been investing in open source for at least ten
years, e.g. they are one of the investors behind 52 North:<br>
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28 November 2016 at 20:10<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Aust-NZ]
Esri's commitment to open source<br>
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<p>This may be of interest to
subscribers:</p>
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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Open Data,
Interoperability
...</a></div>
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Interestingly, while
the page seems to
focus a lot on the
company’s vision for
interoperability and
open standard, there
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