MapServer Foundation - Open Letter

[Mike Davis]

Since OpenGIS is taken:

If we went with a foundation name of Open Source GIS Foundation we
could use a short form of "OSGIS Mapserver".  Not too long, and you
can pronounce it "oss giss" which is essential for any successful
acronym.  Watch out Ess ree, here we come!

-Mike

On 12/1/05, Allan Doyle <adoyle at eogeo.org> wrote:
> OpenGIS is a registered trademark of the Open Geospatial Consortium,
> formerly known as the Open GIS Consortium, formerly known as the Open
> GRASS Foundation...
>
> On Dec 1, 2005, at 11:07, Don Isgitt wrote:
>
> > Bob Basques wrote:
> >> Hmmm, how about . . .
> >> "Open Spatial Foundation"
> >> Kinda has a ring to it, short acronym OSF, seems easy to remember,
> >> in acronym form anyway.
> >> Still thinking about it though . . .
> >> bobb
> >> Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
> >>> Why limit it to webmapping only? This would exclude things like
> >>> PostGIS, =
> >>> uDIG etc. from joining.
> >>>
> >>> My suggestion would be Open Source GIS Foundation or Open Source
> >>> GIS =
> >>> Software Foundation.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> Bart
> >>>
> >
> >
> > "opengis.org" as Gary mentioned sounds very good to me. Web site
> > name and foundation name the same. No extra acronym required.
> >
> > Don
> >
>
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