<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi,<br>a view from the developing world like India, is that<br>1. we encourage GIS first.<br> GIS can give the much needed transparency by showing the truth.<br>2. GIS can be done in various ways, using both Open Software as well as Prop-Com software like ESRI.<br>3. Translation into other languages is easier and cost effective using Open GIS.<br>4. Security is much better using OS GNU-Linux.<br>3. It is a choice to be made by the user, which software for what..<br><br>It is only natural for Prop-Com software to fall in line with the emerging trends.<br>A booth at Sydney if not become a sponsor itself, is an iota of wisdom in the right direction.<br><br>Cheers<br>Ravi Kumar<br><br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 10/20/08, Miguel Montesinos <i><mmontesinos@prodevelop.es></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);
margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Miguel Montesinos <mmontesinos@prodevelop.es><br>Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESRI Spain conference incident<br>To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org><br>Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 3:08 AM<br><br><pre>> De: discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org en nombre de Dave Patton<br>> Enviado el: sáb 18/10/2008 18:22<br>> Para: OSGeo Discussions<br>> Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESRI Spain conference incident<br>> <br>> <br><br>> On 2008/10/17 12:15 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote:<br>>> Hi All, I resend this mail to OSGeo discuss because I think is a<br>>> serious incident that cannot be obviated and shows how things are<br>>> getting at least in Spanish market.<br>><br>>> As Alvaro says, why they have this behavior with his colleagues? Maybe<br>>> they fear FOSS companies?<br>>><br>>> Anyway, all of you are invited to the gvSIG
conf, even to discuss,<br>>> it's free in both senses ;)<br>><br>>ESRI was a sponsor at FOSS4G 2007, and had a Lab.<br>>Who knows, maybe they will be involved somehow in<br>>FOSS4G 2009(for sure they won't be excluded just<br>>because they are viewed as competition for FOSS).<br><br>"Viewed as competition for FOSS" -> Well, they say (I asked about<br>it at ESRI's booth during both FOSS4G 2007 & 2008) that they have made<br>some contributions to open-source, as the openness of shapefile format or<br>offering WMS servers. :-D<br><br><br>>Perhaps they can have a booth in the exhibition<br>>(and maybe gvSIG wants to have a booth right next<br>>to the ESRI booth ;-)<br><br>For sure FOSS4G ESRI's attendees are much more polite (and clever) than<br>their Spanish collegues.<br><br>Maybe it would be wiser to make a request for a booth in the world annual<br>ESRI's conference (I don't know nor want to, the exact name). Would
they<br>admit a FOSS4G booth (it doesn't matter which project could be) as we make<br>at FOSS4G? It would be funny to see an OSGeo booth showing the integration<br>capabilities of OSGeo projects against ESRI closed products, or even a<br>comparison.<br><br><br>><br>>--<br>>Dave Patton<br>>CIS Canadian Information Systems<br>>Victoria, B.C.<br><br>Degree Confluence Project:<br>Canadian Coordinator<br>Technical Coordinator<br>http://www.confluence.org/<br><br>OSGeo FOSS4G2007 conference:<br>Workshop Committee Chair<br>Conference Committee member<br>http://www.foss4g2007.org/<br><br>Personal website:<br>Maps, GPS, etc.<br>http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/<br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br>Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br><br><br></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing
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