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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/11/18 3:33 am, Jody Garnett wrote:<br>
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<div>Speaking of ... I would like to see much more recognition of
how *we* work, and emphasis our expectation that partner
relationships produce solid participation in our open source
community. It is not quite enough to promote the use of open
source, I would like to see OSGeo promote participation as a key
benefit of of our approach. <i>If our partners are only using
open source we are doing them a disservice, they are missing
out on the value of the approach.</i></div>
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+1, One way to explain this is:<br>
"In the digital economy, collaboration out competes competition."<br>
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A strong indicator of a project's long term success is extent of
collaboration within the community behind it.<br>
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A presentation around this statement is here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K8lICVobZovRmI5SKiYVYBMpt6YmD3Ky0iMgdyR1DX4/">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K8lICVobZovRmI5SKiYVYBMpt6YmD3Ky0iMgdyR1DX4/</a><br>
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Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
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