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

[Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)]

Daniel,

I'm not sure why exactly, but the "facilitates interoperability" seems fluffy for some reason.  It might be something to integrate into the original statement however.  The vendor lock-in piece is definitely something that will need to be included somehow, but I'm thinking there or two things here based on the replies so far, one is for a description of the position and another would be to define some sort of policy/or, dare I say it, "best practice" document, hopefully something that is hard to refute.

All good thoughts.

Bobb



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>  Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:10 AM
>  To: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>  Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Defining a GIO position (or
>  attmepting to . . .)
>  
>  
>  Maybe take it from a different angle?
>  
>  - Open Source software facilitates interoperability
>  
>    or
>  
>  - Open Source software breaks vendor lock-in
>  
>  
>  Vendor lock-in is a tactic used to protect a vendor's licensing
>  revenue stream by ensuring that customers cannot easily switch to
>  another suite of software, and interoperability through open
>  standards and truly open APIs is the best cure I can think of
>  against that. Open Source software excels at interoperability
>  because the "vendor lock-in gene" is generally absent from the DNA
>  of its developers.
>  
>  Daniel
>  
>  P.S. I see that Arnie Shore beat me by sending something along the
>  same lines a few seconds ago, but I thought I'd hit send anyway
>  
>  On 13-10-16 10:50 AM, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
>  > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
>  > <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
>  >> Hi all,
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> 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).
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> "Open Source software enforces standards"
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> 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.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> 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.
>  >
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> Thanks
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> Bobb
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
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