[Aust-NZ] Esri's commitment to open source

[Cameron Shorter]

ESRI's involvement in OGC standards has been questionable to date. Their 
involvement has been minimal compared to their market share.

And the technical merit and motivation of their proposals have been 
formally objected to twice by the OSGeo Foundation:

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter

Cheers, Cameron

On 8/12/2016 8:33 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote:
> Hi Ross,
>
> In fairness to ESRI, they have been involved in open standards for 
> many years, working with at least OGC and ISO TC211.
>
> They have also been investing in open source for at least ten years, 
> e.g. they are one of the investors behind 52 North:
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> http://52north.org/about/52north/history
>
> Bruce
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>     From: Aust-NZ <aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Ross
>     Johnson <rossgo at hotmail.com <mailto:rossgo at hotmail.com>>
>     Date: Monday, 28 November 2016 at 20:10
>     To: "aust-nz at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:aust-nz at lists.osgeo.org>"
>     <aust-nz at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:aust-nz at lists.osgeo.org>>
>     Subject: [Aust-NZ] Esri's commitment to open source
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>         This may be of interest to subscribers:
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>         http://geoawesomeness.com/esris-commitment-to-open-open-data-interoperability-open-source/
>         <http://geoawesomeness.com/esris-commitment-to-open-open-data-interoperability-open-source/>
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>         Esri's commitment to Open: Open Data, Interoperability ...
>         <http://geoawesomeness.com/esris-commitment-to-open-open-data-interoperability-open-source/>
>         geoawesomeness.com <http://geoawesomeness.com>
>         Interestingly, while the page seems to focus a lot on the
>         company’s vision for interoperability and open standard, there
>         is no separate tab for Open Source.
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