[OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting new projects

[Dave McIlhagga]

On 1-Oct-07, at 5:32 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> OSGeo priorities should be to USERS first, developers second.

Respectfully, I disagree -- 250,000,000 downloads of Google Earth is  
more than all the other geospatial software installations in the  
industry combined, and GDAL is at the heart of it. Not a bad user  
base I think?

Ok - I realize that's an extreme example -- but it is not isolated.  
MapServer has arguably the largest web mapping install base in the  
world. Our issues are not concerning lack of users.

Focus on giving a great environment for Developers to do their job  
better than ever, and get the word out to industry and users that we  
have our house in order that this technology is ready for prime time.

If you do those two things -- the 250,000,000 downloads of Google  
Earth will simply be a starting point.

Dave