<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">  <DIV>Hi all,</DIV>  <DIV>It is unfortunate that United Nations nearly advocates Proprietory GIS.</DIV>  <DIV>Time we react to this. The developing world is already throwing billions into</DIV>  <DIV>un-sustainable Proprietory GIS for various GIS jobs.</DIV>  <DIV> </DIV>  <DIV>Fope the FOSS4G will discuss this and send a memorandum to UN..</DIV>  <DIV> </DIV>  <DIV><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://ww2.unhabitat.org/guonet/gis.asp" target=_blank>ww2.un</A><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://ww2.unhabitat.org/guonet/gis.asp" target=_blank>http://</A><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://ww2.unhabitat.org/guonet/gis.asp" target=_blank>habitat.org/guonet/gis.asp </A><BR clear=all><SPAN class=sg></SPAN></DIV>  <DIV><SPAN class=sg>Cheers</SPAN></DIV>  <DIV><SPAN
 class=sg>Ravi Kumar<BR></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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