[OSGeo-Discuss] Redlands SDS ?

[James Reid]

ahhh, that would be a classic geographers mix up - spatial literacy indeed!!

anyhow, anything to keep plurality in the 
GYM(Google/Yahoo/Microsoft)+E$RI space..

Brian Russo wrote:
> Microsoft's headquarters is in Redmond, WA. ESRI is in Redlands, CA. 
> Easy to mix up.
>
> And I understand they're not just a face shop for ESRI. But knowing 
> how ESRI works I'm guessing they're very hand in hand. I only point it 
> out to soften possible expectations for success. By all means though, 
> steer the ESRI ship towards more open waters!
>
> regards,
>
>  - bri
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:24 AM, James Reid <james.reid at ed.ac.uk 
> <mailto:james.reid at ed.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     and M$ too but actually the Redlands Institute is a little wider
>     than that (how independent is another matter)...
>
>
>     Brian Russo wrote:
>>     Well of course, Redlands is ESRI's corporate HQ after all.
>>
>>      - bri
>>
>>     On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:23 PM, James Reid <james.reid at ed.ac.uk
>>     <mailto:james.reid at ed.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>         All, a colleague from our local chapter has recently been at
>>         Redlands Institute and emailed me the following link:
>>
>>         http://www.institute.redlands.edu/sds/welcome.html#consortium
>>
>>          His observation was that much of the extant content uses
>>         proprietary software for exemplars and that some contribution
>>         from the OSGeo might be worth investigating. Do others in the
>>         OSGeo community feel that there may be some traction here for
>>         broader visibility ?
>>
>>
>>         regards
>>
>>         -- 
>>         James S Reid
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>>         University of Edinburgh
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>
>     -- 
>     James S Reid
>     EDINA National Datacentre
>     University of Edinburgh
>
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>     f: +44 (0)131 650 3308
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>
>     Beware lest you lose the substance 
>     by grasping at the shadow.
>
>
>         
>
>
>     The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
>     Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
>
>

-- 
James S Reid
EDINA National Datacentre
University of Edinburgh

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