[OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

[Mateusz Loskot]

Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 04:28:20PM +0200, Cédric Moullet wrote:
>> I'm sorry (and unhappy) to say that the
>> GIS leaders (ESRI, Autdoesk, Intergraph etc...) don't see OSGEO has an
>> important contradictor: from my point of view, this is what needs to be
>> changed in the next 5 years.
>
> If someone wants to compete with ESRI -- that's fine. We should
> support them insofar as we can with community resources, shared userbases,
> and feedback. But it is not the job of OSGeo to make these projects
> successful -- only to help them succeed based on their own efforts.

Especially, when one or two  of the mentioned companies have supported 
OSGeo Foundation a lot.

A holy war is something that should be avoided at most. It should not be 
about how to compete and win the market, but about how to effectively
collaborate in wide range of areas.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net