<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Andrea Aime <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrea.aime@geo-solutions.it" target="_blank">andrea.aime@geo-solutions.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">I'd be interested to hear opinions of others in the field as to
whether Rasdaman community version is of value for real-world
production systems by itself.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I guess that would depend on the needs of the production system itself, and I'm not sure the OSGeo inclusion should be</div><div>based on how capable the software is... in short, I'd stay away from this criteria.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thinking about it, I believe this one needs some clarification. What I'm trying to say is that Rasdaman CE should be evaluated</div><div>for it own merits and selected based on them, instead of being compared with its commercial brother and rejected because</div><div>we find it lacking in the comparison.</div><div>Most projects graduated years ago with a lot less functionality that they have today, we should be more concerned by</div><div>how useful the project is today and how well it can grow in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>I also stress that whether or not "open core" projects are natural members of OSGeo, or not, is a separate topic, but at the</div><div>same time very important one. There is a lot of articles about "open core" to read on the internet... I've tried to search "Open</div><div>core is good" on Google to give it a "positive" slant, I cannot really say the result of the search agree on... positive :-p</div><div>It could just well be that the proponents have not spent enough time writing about its benefits.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Andrea</div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>==</div><div>GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit</div><div><a href="http://goo.gl/it488V" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/it488V</a> for more information.</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">==</span><br></div></div><div><br></div></div><div>Ing. Andrea Aime <br></div><div>@geowolf</div><div>Technical Lead</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">GeoSolutions S.A.S.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Via di Montramito 3/A</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">55054 Massarosa (LU)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">phone: +39 0584 962313</span><br></div><div>fax: +39 0584 1660272</div><div>mob: +39 339 8844549</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.geo-solutions.it" target="_blank">http://www.geo-solutions.it</a></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it</a></div><div><br></div><div><p><span lang="IT"><font size="1"><b>AVVERTENZE AI SENSI DEL D.Lgs. 196/2003</b></font></span></p><p><span lang="IT"><font size="1">Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica e/o nel/i file/s allegato/i sono da considerarsi strettamente riservate. Il loro utilizzo è consentito esclusivamente al destinatario del messaggio, per le finalità indicate nel messaggio stesso. Qualora riceviate questo messaggio senza esserne il destinatario, Vi preghiamo cortesemente di darcene notizia via e-mail e di procedere alla distruzione del messaggio stesso, cancellandolo dal Vostro sistema. Conservare il messaggio stesso, divulgarlo anche in parte, distribuirlo ad altri soggetti, copiarlo, od utilizzarlo per finalità diverse, costituisce comportamento contrario ai principi dettati dal D.Lgs. 196/2003.</font></span></p><p><span lang="IT"><font size="1"> </font></span></p><p><font size="1">The information in this message and/or attachments, is intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s) and may be confidential or proprietary in nature or covered by the provisions of privacy act (Legislative Decree June, 30 2003, no.196 - Italy's New Data Protection Code).Any use not in accord with its purpose, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or either dissemination, either whole or partial, is strictly forbidden except previous formal approval of the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please contact immediately the sender by telephone, fax or e-mail and delete the information in this message that has been received in error. The sender does not give any warranty or accept liability as the content, accuracy or completeness of sent messages and accepts no responsibility for changes made after they were sent or for other risks which arise as a result of e-mail transmission, viruses, etc.</font></p></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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