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All,<br>
<br>
I know this has to be created and managed somehow, but here are some
ideas on this:<br>
<ul>
<li>Could there be some way of collecting business information
related to not only OpenSource software but also a means for
companies to describe themselves in their own words, even as it
pertains to non-open products, as these are often a concern when
bidding on projects.</li>
<li>A simple one pager type of thing, listing software (open and
proprietary, possibly with the Open source stuff highlighted and
linked) and a general company resume, maybe even including a
link section for past projects.</li>
<li>Inclusion of the prospective company logo on the profile page.</li>
<li>A list of company partners.<br>
</li>
<li>It would be real nice as a company owner for example, to be
able to link directly to a OSGEO "support" registry page. I
think a system like this would keep things updated regularly. I
keep forgetting the entry is even in there for my interests
because I don't touch it enough.</li>
</ul>
Some possible enhancements to such a business registry:<br>
<ul>
<li>A means to link back to the prospective companies information
pages directly, then the information only needs to be built
once. Is there a Company Resume data format standard for this
already?)</li>
<li>A method of standardizing the data constructs for such an
information page so that the same company profile could be used
for other similar discovery mechanisms like the proprietary side
of the equation. Who has experience with Oracle and PostGIS,
etc.</li>
</ul>
Is this sounding like it does to me, like a Project unto itself,
like LiveDVD? Such an enhancement should be able to be populated by
the existing data initially, and then expanded upon by each
business. Is there some similar project already out there that
might be leveraged for the same tasks?<br>
<br>
bobb<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 9/3/2010 6:52 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Il 03/09/2010 11:49, Sebastian E. Ovide ha scritto:
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<pre wrap="">Are you guys aware of companies that provide commercial support for
OSGeo ?
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<pre wrap="">
Hi all.
To me, this means our marketing could be improved, raising the visibility of the
commercial support page.
All the best.
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