[OSGeo-Discuss] open source desktop shootout

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 10:16:52AM +0200, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
> Markus Neteler wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Cameron Shorter
> > <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Percy,
> >> To start the ball rolling, I've created a wiki page for a desktop comparison
> >> here:
> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GIS_Desktop_Comparison
> > 
> > Here a reasonable contribution, lead by Tom McConnell:
> > 
> > "Matrix on OSGeo and COTS software functionality"
> > http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Albk_XRkhVkzdGxyYk8tNEZvLUp1UTUzTFN5bjlLX2c&hl=en
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Markus
> > 
> 
> Here comes the prayer wheel again...
> 
> What does "COTS" mean? "Ready-made products" [1]. Is that the opposite
> to Open Source software? No.

Did anyone say anything about it being an opposite? "OSGeo and COTS"
is one phrase -- there is no distrinction in the spreadsheet (although
there is a row stating whether the software is proprietary or not,
which is obviously distinct from COTS.)

I don't understand your complaint. What would you change about the
spreadsheet that causes you to make this point?

-- Chris

> Citing some more Wikipedia: "The term often refers to computer software
> or hardware systems and may also include free software with commercial
> support."
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COTS
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_off-the-shelf
> 
> --
> Arnulf Christl
> 
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Christopher Schmidt
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