[OSGeo-Discuss] open source desktop shootout

[Markus Neteler]

n Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Christopher Schmidt
<crschmidt at crschmidt.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:36:43PM +0200, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
>> Christopher Schmidt wrote:
>> > 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?
>>
>> Did I complain?
>
> Your email reads very much like a complaint to me. In fact, as your only
> reply was a complaint about terminology, with no obvious positive
> feedback for the person who put a lot of work into a nice spreadsheet, I
> would feel very discouraged personally on reading it -- doubly so since
> it comes from someone whose opinion is obviously well-respected in the
> OSGeo community.

It has been a group of authors, I have taken care of a part of the OSGeo related
packages mentioned in the spreadsheet.

Yes, significant time has been spent on this table compilation.

I have contacted the lead, Tom McConnell, if we can open the editing up to
more people. Let's wait for his answer.

Markus