[Qgis-user] About QGIS on Windows - a follow up.

[Paulo van Breugel]

I think all the effort put in making QGIS available for Window users shows
everything but disregard for QGIS users on this OS. In addition, I think
people should never forget that all the work developers put into the
development of QGIS is a huge favor to us users, whether on Linux or
Windows!.



On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:48 PM, Etienne Tourigny
<etourigny.dev at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Mats Elfström
> <mats.elfstrom at giskraft.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I am somewhat puzzled by a remark by Mr Paolo Cavallini in another
> thread.
> > The poster there had experienced serious difficulties when updating his
> > QGIS.
> >
> > His main mistake seems to be that he was running Windows, and Paolo
> wrote:
> > Please also remember that Windows packaging involves a tremendous amount
> > of effort and skills, and it is being done as a favour for our Windows
> > users.
> >
> > It would be good if someone could pay a developer to work on Windows
> > (but also OSX, etc.) packaging.
> >
> > I'd like to comment on this.
> > Globally, according to http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
> ,
> > some 84 % run Windows flavors, and 5 % are Linux users.
> > Surely those numbers merit a little more than a 'favour' for Windows
> users?
>
> Agreed that there are many more Windows users than linux users,
> however the ratio is *probably* inverted when you only look at users
> of open-source software, especially in the GIS world.
> This might explain why linux is more of a priority than Windows.  Also
> that most devs use linux out of choice (as I do for example).
>
> It would be interesting to know - what is the OS ratio of qgis users?
> Is there a way we can collect that information? Package downloads is
> not a good metric. How about a poll?
>
> In support of Paolo's arguments - nothing is free and many people do
> this out of their free time. And since most devs use linux- you
> understand why windows seems less of a priority.
>
> However, for a free project I think QGis is a tremendous success, and
> windows packages are quite fine, except for some issues that pop up
> once a while.
>
> cheers
> Etienne
>
> >
> > According to the QGIS download page, there are several Linux flavors of
> QGIS
> > available, compared to 1 Windows version (in two packages).
> > Is Linux packaging so easy that 10+ versions can be maintained without
> any
> > effort?
> >
> > And last, who is paying for all the Linux oriented development and
> packaging
> > going on, and do you keep funds separate for Linux and Windows work?
> >
> > I realize that I will be flamed for this, but as I am very fond of Open
> > Source and QGIS, I am saddened by the disregard for the majority of
> computer
> > users, many of whom do not even have the option to choose their operating
> > system.
> >
> > Regards, Mats.E
> > --
> >
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> >
> >
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