[OSGeo-Discuss] Defining a GIO position (or attmepting to . . .)

[María Arias de Reyna]

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
<bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I wonder if I could get some feedback on the following statement, I’m
> looking for the other side of the argument (I know it’s hard to put yourself
> there  :c).
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> “Open Source software enforces standards”
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> Now this might be better worded, and it seems straight forward enough here.
> I’m trying to define a GIO position such that it doesn’t reference anything
> commercial, but will still cover those commercial packages at the same time.
> I’m basically thinking about going the route of data standards both for
> archiving as well as distribution.
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> So, what would you anticipate the other side of the argument (Our Human
> Resources section in this case) to reply to the above statement, as if they
> wanted to include some specific commercial application in the assigned
> duties, for example.  In the end I’m trying to get out of a long winded
> statement about why an open approach is better than a commercial one and the
> standards piece seem to be the best topic to base the discussion on.

In my experience (maybe because I don't discuss this with people who
know much about the subject so they have very basic opinions), they
usually come with:

 * Standars aren't the better format to work with
 * Propietary standards can be more efficient because they are
optimized for the propietary software
 * We already have the information on the propietary format and don't
want to migrate

And, of course:
 * Our propietary solution also works with standards (this is very
tricky to fight against)

Good luck!
María.

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