Nikos,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Nikos Alexandris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nik@nikosalexandris.net" target="_blank">nik@nikosalexandris.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I think that there is an unnecessary use of the term GIS in the main web-site<br>
(and elsewhere?): both in the title "GRASS GIS" and in the subtitle "The<br>
world's leading Free GIS software".<br>
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Why not (title) "GRASS", (subtitle) "The world's leading Free GIS software"?<br>
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>From another point of view, someone might argue that GRASS-GIS is a unique<br>
acronym not easily to be confused with other meanings/acronyms/terms.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would prefer to keep GRASS-GIS instead of GRASS. Try for example to make a search images in google using GRASS and GRASS-GIS and you will see my point.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>madi </div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div><font color="#666666">Margherita DI LEO </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Postdoctoral Researcher</font></div>
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