[OSGeo-Discuss] Proprietary GIS on our OSGeo website

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks Ben, and mentioned above that is why these project pages lead with a
team picture.

Maria offered similar words yesterday. I really like the idea of
emphasizing this aspect on the "what is opensource" page.

Outreach to people who are not part of our community is a challenge; one of
the nice ideas (wish I had the quote) was that people try open source
software because the price is free; we want them to stay because of the
freedom. The opportunity to join the community is a big benefit of OSGeo -
but we should honestly recognize that it is intimidating. The local
chapters is our key way to make this less intimidating and more personal
and supportive.






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Jody Garnett

On 21 September 2017 at 04:02, Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben at transient.nz> wrote:

> On 21/09/17 19:54, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
>
>> In fact, publishing blog posts comparing closed and FLOSS is also very
>> helpful. If you are doubting what kind of software to use, a good
>> comparison with table feature comparisons is very handy But that
>> should be outside the project page, because we are not begging for
>> users. We are strong projects on our own, we don't need to keep
>> continuously comparing to the closed alternatives for users to know
>> what we do.
>>
>
> Uplifting tweet of the week:
>
> "Jon Kuperman‏ @jkup
> Stop treating open source like a product you purchased and start treating
> it like a team you belong to."
> https://twitter.com/jkup/status/909887066103676928
>
> Referring to proprietary GIS on the OSGeo website risks misleading users
> that OSGeo projects are just competing products. We offer something that
> proprietary GIS never can: the opportunity to join a community of peers.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> --
> Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben at transient.nz>
> Director
> Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/>
> New Zealand
>
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