[Aust-NZ] Conference theme

[Cara Heathcote]

Hi everyone,

Please find attached the bid document with all of todays updates. Please
note that page numbers have been inserted, and the contents page will be
updated accordingly before sending. 

We are still waiting on the updated bio section for Ben if this could be
sent to me ASAP. We will accept final changes up until 4:30 pm this
afternoon.

Thanks,
Cara
 

-----Original Message-----
From: aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Hamish
Sent: Friday, 11 January 2008 4:03 PM
To: Shoaib Burq; Cameron Shorter
Cc: Aust-NZ OSGeo
Subject: Re: [Aust-NZ] Conference theme

> Cameron Shorter wrote:
> > I'm rewriting the theme to be "User Friendly" instead of "User 
> > Driven FOSS4G".


Shoaib Burq wrote:
> Any particular reason?
> 
> Both terms evoke similar ideas but "User Driven" is broader.
> 
> User Driven encompasses a larger user community, ranging from the 
> non-developer /non-geek community (GUI's, pretty front ends, etc)  to 
> the developer user (Restful web services and APIs, data). "User 
> Driven" also goes beyond software to data and the philosophy of 
> openness.
> 
> "user friendly" seem narrower and evokes the notion of a non-expert 
> user group. So I would be inclined to keep "User Driver".


Indeed, intuitive/shallow learning curve is nothing to do with software
for/of/and by the customer. Most specialist geospatial and scientific OS
software may not be "user friendly" in the traditional dumbed-down
sense, but it is often intuitive, and certainly "user driven". Or to put
it another way, one of the great strengths of FOSS is that it is not
beholden to a corporation or industry's agenda, it reacts directly to
the users' needs. "User friendly" says nothing for that.


regards,
Hamish Bowman

GRASS GIS Project
  /
Dept Marine Science
University of Otago
Dunedin, NZ



 
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