[OSGeo-Discuss] Autodesk recognition

[Tyler Mitchell]

Ha, Gary was 5 minutes ahead of me :)


On 20-Jun-06, at 9:05 PM, Gary Lang wrote:

> Well, that's one way to think about it.
>
> Another way is to realize that Autodesk was a Diamond Sponsor of Where
> 2.0 and that we specifically asked that our entire presence and  
> internal
> investment be donated to and focused on OSGeo, rather than on  
> ourselves
> and our products, which is what our competitors did.
>
> So to answer Ned's question, we deliberately turned the entire  
> Autodesk
> marketing machine towards OSGeo, and will continue to do so until the
> community says it no longer wants or needs the assistance.
>
> OSGeo had the most consistently crowded booth at the show. The booth
> cost a lot of money, as did the shirts we all wore, the press work
> arranged by the ADSK marketing team, etc. I believe it was money well
> spent. The community has said it appreciates it, and that's a good
> feeling.
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Gillies [mailto:sgillies at frii.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:39 PM
> To: discuss at mail.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Autodesk recognition
>
> On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:35 PM, Ned Horning wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>>
>>
>> One thing I noticed reading through the OSGeo promotional material
>> and the web site is that Autodesk isn't mentioned. Maybe I
>> misunderstand the significance of their role in getting OSGeo
>> rolling but isn't it significant enough to warrant mention
>> somewhere? Is there a reason not to mention their role in a
>> presentation about OSGeo?
>>
>>
>>
>> On a related note, has anyone written up a "history" of OSGeo
>> starting with the formation of the MapServer Foundation?
>>
>> Ned
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Ned, read Howard's article: http://hobu.biz/index_html/
> unopened_letter. It's a good unsanitized account of what was going
> down in Fall 2005.
>
> cheers,
> Sean
>
> ---
> Sean Gillies
> http://zcologia.com
>
>
>
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