[Aust-NZ] Conference theme

[Tim Bowden]

On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 16:09 +1100, Cara Heathcote wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Please find attached the bid document with all of todays updates. Please
> note that page numbers have been inserted, and the contents page will be
> updated accordingly before sending. 
> 
> We are still waiting on the updated bio section for Ben if this could be
> sent to me ASAP. We will accept final changes up until 4:30 pm this
> afternoon.
> 
> Thanks,
> Cara
>  

Looks fabulous to me.  Well done Cara, Marie-claire, Virginia and thanks
also to Josh Roberts who started the ball rolling with scvb.  Cameron,
thanks and well done for overseeing this.  Thanks also all those who
participated in getting this together.  In a few days we get to find out
just how much work we may have ahead of us...

Regards,
Tim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Hamish
> Sent: Friday, 11 January 2008 4:03 PM
> To: Shoaib Burq; Cameron Shorter
> Cc: Aust-NZ OSGeo
> Subject: Re: [Aust-NZ] Conference theme
> 
> > Cameron Shorter wrote:
> > > I'm rewriting the theme to be "User Friendly" instead of "User 
> > > Driven FOSS4G".
> 
> 
> Shoaib Burq wrote:
> > Any particular reason?
> > 
> > Both terms evoke similar ideas but "User Driven" is broader.
> > 
> > User Driven encompasses a larger user community, ranging from the 
> > non-developer /non-geek community (GUI's, pretty front ends, etc)  to 
> > the developer user (Restful web services and APIs, data). "User 
> > Driven" also goes beyond software to data and the philosophy of 
> > openness.
> > 
> > "user friendly" seem narrower and evokes the notion of a non-expert 
> > user group. So I would be inclined to keep "User Driver".
> 
> 
> Indeed, intuitive/shallow learning curve is nothing to do with software
> for/of/and by the customer. Most specialist geospatial and scientific OS
> software may not be "user friendly" in the traditional dumbed-down
> sense, but it is often intuitive, and certainly "user driven". Or to put
> it another way, one of the great strengths of FOSS is that it is not
> beholden to a corporation or industry's agenda, it reacts directly to
> the users' needs. "User friendly" says nothing for that.
> 
> 
> regards,
> Hamish Bowman
> 
> GRASS GIS Project
>   /
> Dept Marine Science
> University of Otago
> Dunedin, NZ
> 
> 
> 
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