[OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal for the listing of projects in our new web site

[Andrea Aime]

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Polimi <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:

> 1) in my opinion the size matters and it is not in se something negative
> to be a small startup or company instead of a big one. Anyway, as JeffJ
> said, if somebody is alienated we can skip it. We have just to better
> discuss this 'if'.
>

Just sharing my two cents...

>From a project/community standpoint one wants to put front and center the
people, companies and
organizations that are the lifeblood of the community, those that are
contributing code, documentation,
advocating and helping users. Personally I'd keep it as a primary
classifier, failing to do so might divert
financial resources from the parts of the community that deserve and need
it the most.

>From the standpoint of an organization looking for a provider, size may
also be important, a larger company
typically has a better financial footing (mandatory in certain types of
contracts), and possibly a more diversified experience
among its ranks. Also, it might happen that the customer is looking for a
certain experience with the provider
(e.g, matching or getting closer to its own size, or looking for the more
industrial vs the more "boutique"
approach).
So... what about reporting the size of the company among the other
information, even if it is
not the primary classifier? The size could be reported as classes to lessen
the chore of maintaing such
information (e.g, "1-5", "5-20", "20-50", "50+", just thinking out loud
here)

Cheers
Andrea

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