[OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?

[Cameron Shorter]

Yes Gary, that would be great.
Do you know where we can find information about this?

On Jan 29, 2008 2:07 PM, Gary Watry <gwatry at fsu.edu> wrote:
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> Would the U.S. EPA moving from ESRI to Open Source for their Watershed model help
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cameron Shorter
> Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 21:39
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?
> To: OSGeo Discussions
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> > After giving a presentation recently about Geospatial Open Source, we<BR>> were asked whether there have been any case studies on migration to
> > Geospatial Open Source.
> >
> > The audience were very sympathetic to Open Source, but felt is would
> > be much easier to sell to upper management if they could draw upon
> > experiences of other agencies who have done something similar.
> >
> > Can anyone point me to reports, or programs which have migrated from
> > ESRI/Oracle applications (ArcGIS in particular) to Open Source
> > equivalents?
> >
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> > Cameron Shorter
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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
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