[OSGeo-Discuss] open source desktop shootout

[percy]

Hmmm, thanks for that link Cameron, but that's not what I'm remembering!
:-)

I specifically remember it being related to the Quebec FOSS4G-NA...

Can anyone else help me with this?

Alternatively, should we start a wiki page on OSGEO.org that specifies 
the capabilities that desktop GIS have/should have?

BTW, We are planning on burning some liveDVDs to hand out at our 
conference...

Thanks,
Percy


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Percy, Maybe you are remembering the email discussion titled: 
[OSGeo-Discuss] Will there be an OSGeo Desktop shootout at FOSS4G 2010? 
<http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-December/006494.html> 
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-December/thread.html

As a contribution to this thread, the LiveDVD project can contribute to 
this shootout, in that we have many of the desktops already packaged, 
along with 1 page descriptions of each project. And I'd love to include 
documentation or tables into the liveDVD which help users select between 
different applications.

percy wrote:
 > > Does anyone have any info on the desktop comparison
 > > (shootout/smackdown) planned for FOSS4G-NA in Quebec next year?
 > >
 > > I'm sure I saw an announcement about this somewhere, but the google is
 > > failing me  :-)
 > >
 > > We are doing a similar event at our regional GIS in Action conference
 > > in two weeks, and it would be great to see if there has already been a
 > > matrix of capabilities established (cartography, analysis, etc) that
 > > we can use and contribute to.
 > >
 > > Thanks,
 > > Percy

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David Percy
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Geology Department
Portland State University
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