[OSGeo-Discuss] OS and Proprietary

[George Silva]

The percentage of features used by users are minimal indeed. Most of users
(here in Brazil too) use just a little bit of what its availuable.

This tells us two things: software like arcview 9.2 (view license) are being
more common. Only 'hardcore' techs use and explore the full arcgis info
solution.

Two: desktop GIS are becoming more and more rare. The trend is to have a
server configuration, permissions, and a wide variety of people editing your
data. So, FOOS4G is useful and a valid solution. As another post in postgis
list, there are some problems with OS, but they are being solved, so i might
choose OS for my next consultings.

Arcs have great funcionality, but the price, support, etc, just makes me
angry :P

Att

George


On 4/28/08, Miguel Montesinos <mmontesinos at prodevelop.es> wrote:
>
>  Everytime I listen this discussion about proprietary vs. open-source
> software, a lot of feelings, impressions and opinions come up.
>
> Talking about subjective things it's funny, but it doesn't help newcomers,
> nor it's professional. In the meanwhile the dark-side ;) keeps on spreading
> the same rumours.
>
> Only through a serious comparison anybody can get the picture.
>
> Does anybody have or know a base feature table, so that we could fill in
> with proprietary and OS fulfillment? [1] IMHO is quite generic, and does not
> include non-OS features. Non-ArcXXX should also be considered (I've also
> worked with non-ESRI products, and they offer really good features).
>
> Anybody open to work in this direction?
>
> This way, anybody will be able to compare with real and common
> informationn and I'm sure that
>
> One additional point. When migrating desktop GIS from proprietary to OS
> software, it's usual to hace different levels of users. A big number of
> users (80% according to some gvSIG studies) use a small percentage of
> available functionalities.
>
> So it is recommended that a gradual migration could be done.
>
>
> [1] http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm<http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm>
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> Miguel Montesinos
>
> Director Técnico
>
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>
>
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> *From:* discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Andre Grobler
> *Sent:* Monday, April 28, 2008 8:35 AM
> *To:* discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] OS and Proprietary
>
>
>
> Hi Micha & Dan re:  Ease of use – This is great news! It really gets me
> excited, working with Q-GIS probably should have given me a clue.
>
>
>
> Puneet, in short neither, took out a loan to get ArcView and have to
> finish work from previous employer before I can start to earn money. Please
> note I didn't complain about "cost" of entry, just stated which choices I
> faced, which I think suited the discussion at that point.
>
>
>
> André Grobler
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