[Live-demo] GISVM - New version release

Ricardo Pinho rpinho_eng at yahoo.com.br
Mon Nov 24 17:42:32 PST 2008 

Cameron,

> Yes, a virtual distribution is very important, and very closely aligned
> with a Geospatial Integration Showcase we plan to introduce in the
> FOSS4G 2009.
> http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome
> I suspect that this would be a perfect launch pad for gisvm?

Wow, it seems a very interesting project!!!
I must dig-in and understand better what it is exactly, so I can make my mind about how GISVM can be useful…

> 1. To have a polished live DVD for FOSS4G 2009, which will be in our home 
> city of Sydney, Australia. http://2009.foss4g.org
>
> 2.
To promote Open Source Geospatial software in Australia, and LISAsoft's
>
association with GeoFOSS - we have been giving out the Live DVD at
conferences here in Australia.
>
> 3. To increase LISAsoft's profile in the the international community.
>
> of course, those are the commercial reasons.
> From a techie point of view, I see the LiveDVD as a cool, highly needed project.

I think we share at least one goal...
It would be underfull to GISVM to be on FOSS4G2009.
Unfortunatly for me it will be on the other side off the planet, compared to my home city (OPorto-Portugal) ;-)

The idea of having to alternatives: Live CD and Virtual Machine could be very interesting for users.
Specialy if they are compatible...

You can count on me to start working on this idea and going into that direction.
Just tell me how and when you want to start...

Cheers,
Ricardo Pinho


----- Mensagem original ----
De: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
Para: Ricardo Pinho <rpinho_eng at yahoo.com.br>
Cc: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>; live-demo at lists.osgeo.org; Stefan Hansen <stefan.hansen at lisasoft.com>
Enviadas: Domingo, 23 de Novembro de 2008 2:38:01
Assunto: Re: [Live-demo] GISVM - New version release

Richardo, comments inline.

Ricardo Pinho wrote:
> Hi Cameron,
> 
>  
>> Nice work getting gisvm out.
>>    
>  Thank you!
> 
> GISVM.COM is just my small contribution to the FOSS4G community.
> It's and old idea that came from my past personal experience on deploying an
> SDI FOSS4G server and working with virtualization technology.
> http://sig.entredouroevouga.pt
> 
> As you probably know, Virtual Appliances are very popular on other server
> solutions markets.
> Packages like LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Php), LAPP (Linux, Apache,
> Postgresql, Php), etc are very popular VA and are an important contribution for
> this technology success.
> 
> I was very surprised to conclude that it was not possible to find a single Virtual
> Appliance for GIS on the internet! Then I decided to be the first to deliver
> one…
>  

Yes, a virtual distribution is very important, and very closely aligned with a Geospatial Integration Showcase we plan to introduce in the FOSS4G 2009.
http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome
I suspect that this would be a perfect launch pad for gisvm?

>    
>> we were wondering about the possibilities about working more closely with you
>> with the work that LISAsoft has been putting into the Live DVD.
>>    
>   I have come to know about this Live-Demo project by talking with Lorenzo on the first OSGeo
> PT congress (20.Sept.08). And I agree with Lorenzo when he says that, Live-CD's
> and Virtual Machine can walk together on helping more people to get into FOSS4G.
> 
> 
> But I must confess that I don’t know much about LISAsoft work on the Live DVD.
>  
Yes, Stefan has been head down building and polishing the DVD, but I can see that we need to do a lot more talking, and engaging communities.

Here is Stefan's latest announcement:

http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/live-demo/2008-November/000048.html

LISAsoft helped build a live DVD for FOSS4G 2008 which was an introduction for us into Live DVDs. 
We have a few aims:http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/live-demo/2008-November/000048.html

1. To have a polished live DVD for FOSS4G 2009, which will be in our home city of Sydney, Australia. http://2009.foss4g.org
2. To promote Open Source Geospatial software in Australia, and LISAsoft's association with GeoFOSS - we have been giving out the Live DVD at conferences here in Australia.
3. To increase LISAsoft's profile in the the international community.

of course, those are the commercial reasons.
From a techie point of view, I see the LiveDVD as a cool, highly needed project.

> 
>  
>> What are your thoughts on this? Do you see opportunities for collaboration? Maybe have a meta packaging project which could be used to create derivatives?
>>    
>  I think it’s a great idea!
> Define a standard for this packaging is fundamental.
> Everyone benefits from it: users, developers, etc. And it seems to me a very interesting challenge!!!!
>    
>> I've been talking with Jody Garnett (who sits next to me now) and    
> 
> 
> I’ve also talked with Jody and other FOSS4G software developers.
> For me it’svery important that software developers (groups/houses) support this kind of
> packaging. They could help a lot on optimization, stability and performance. So they must be an active part of the project!
>  Other interesting challenge is to put every FOSS4G software installed directly from linux
> distribution packages, and work closer with Debian, Ubuntu, etc GIS linux groups.
> (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis , https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS )
>  To conclude,
>  I am very pleased and interested on working more closely with you.
> And we must keep talking on this idea and I appreciate more info about what LISAsoft is doing and what are your goals.
>  Thank you,
> Ricardo Pinho
> http://www.gisvm.com
> 
> ----- Mensagem original ----
> De: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Para: Ricardo Pinho <rpinho_eng at yahoo.com.br>
> Cc: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
> Enviadas: Terça-feira, 18 de Novembro de 2008 19:44:15
> Assunto: Re: [Live-demo] GISVM - New version release
> 
> Hi Ricardo,
> Nice work getting gisvm out.
> 
> I've been talking with Jody Garnett (who sits next to me now) and we were wondering about the possibilities about working more closely with you with the work that LISAsoft has been putting into the Live DVD.
> 
> What are your thoughts on this? Do you see opportunities for collaboration? Maybe have a meta packaging project which could be used to create derivatives?
> 
> Ricardo Pinho wrote:
>  
>> Hello,
>> 
>> 
>> I would like to announce a new version of "GIS Virtual Machine", available NOW and for FREE at: http://www.gisvm.com
>> 
>> GISVM is a Virtual Machine built exclusively with Free Open Source Software
>> for GIS (FOSS4G), and this release (01.Nov.2008) includes 3 versions: - International (English) - Portuguese (PT_BR) - Geostatistic (Rspatial_English) More details at: http://tinyurl.com/gisvm20081101
>> 
>> Please register on the project Mailling list to receive News and announces!
>> http://tinyurl.com/gisvm-register
>> 
>> After registering you can post via the nabble website, or you can also post by sending emails to the following email address: mailto: ml-node+741465-66470100 at n2.nabble.com
>> 
>> 
>> I also appreciate if you SPREAD THE WORD. Put it on your blog, forum ,etc,,,
>> 
>> Please feel free to download it and enjoy!!!
>> http://www.gisvm.com/download.html
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Ricardo Pinho
>> 
>> 
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Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
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