[mapserver-users] beginner getting started

[Gerald Thornberry]

Clarification:

The help that the respondents originally rendered in this thread was
great.  Subsequent responses, however, were becoming increasingly
emotionally charged rather than informative and it galled me that:

1.  The new user was no longer being served by their own thread
2.  Yet another counter-productive OS holy war was brewing

My post was a gut response to the same, old Windows vs.Linux argument,
when they both suck and don't suck in their own ways.  I was trying to
call attention to the unprofessional, argumentative _tone_ of the thread
rather than say that any _person_ was unprofessional.  Bottom line:  I
wasn't trying to call anybody names.  If I offended anyone, I apologize.

I prefer to use Linux and OpenBSD myself.  As a Tech Support Manager,
though, I try to simply stay agnostic and be a "solve the problem with
the right wrench" kind of person.  Often that involves using Microsoft
Windows OSs.  An objective comparison of operating systems would, in
fact, be very relevant to the MapServer forum.  If someone takes the
time to genuinely compare them I hope you post the results.  It would
benefit the MapServer user-base, especially new users, very much.

The MapServer list is a public forum, and I'm certainly not its
moderator.  I'm just a subscriber who didn't feel like hearing a rehash
of tired, old Linux vs. Windows rants.  I encourage anyone who has
advice, instruction, or opinion about MapServer to speak openly (as I
did). 

Gerald

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Gerald Thornberry
Technical Support Manager
Spatial Data Integrations, Inc.
(502)568-3628