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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>[foolishly stepping in where I should fear to tread…]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This has been asked for before, but historically some projects have
not step up to the plate for providing such materials – for a variety of
reasons, some good and some not so good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>OSGeo should simply put a link to the project’s “marketing”
section, and if the project owners provide content on the other end, then good –
if not, then so be it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I’m all about providing quality user experiences, but anything
more than that is likely not worth the effort required. Our users are, for the
most part, a very savvy and discriminating bunch. And for apps that are explicitly
targeting users outside of the normal open source types, it should be up to
them to provide the “marketing” materials they deem appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Basques<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 07, 2010 9:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSGeo Discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 5 Star OSGeo project maturity rating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>All,</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Did anyone else hear that thunder
in the distance? :c)</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>That's what I've been trying to
say, let the projects handle this sort of thing themselves, but OSGEO CAN (and
SHOULD in my mind) coordinate a standardized look and feel to such things.</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>bobb</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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>>> Howard Butler <hobu.inc@gmail.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Jun 7, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Bob Basques wrote:<br>
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> Wouldn't it seem prudent to classify the projects before trying to compare
them?<br>
<br>
/me screams into a room that no one can hear. Stop it!<br>
<br>
This whole exercise is quite frankly, masturbatory, and does nothing to help
the projects who would be rated, provides very little to those
"users" of said ratings, and calls into question our credibility by
having the arrogance to rate *our own* projects in any way. OSGeo is
doing enough by providing visibility for the projects, and it is up to them to
pull them in as users with the quality of their software, the quality of their
documentation, and the quality of their community. A silly sticker
by us or anyone else isn't going to sway that process in any way.<br>
<br>
It would be more valuable to collate a series of "elevator
pitch"-type material from each project who wishes to participate to make
their case to the envisioned users of this rating. Projects who do
not participate in this for whatever reason implicitly make a statement about
their quality. That's going to be far more useful to both the projects and the
users than an elongating graphic.<br>
<br>
Howard_______________________________________________<br>
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