[Portugal] [Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESRI-OSS: just FYI]

[Giovanni Manghi]

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> From: Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) <bartvde at osgis.nl>
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> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESRI-OSS: just FYI
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:55:51 +0100 (CET)
> 
> As many people have said already, it seems to be pure marketing.
> 
> As Cedric Moullet said on Twitter [1]:
> "ArcGIS Server Geoportal goes OpenSource. Just a joke, ArcGis Server is
> required... it's again a marketing campaign useless for SDI !"
> 
> As Jeroen Ticheler said on Twitter [2]:
> "Pure coincidence? ESRI Geoportal toolkit => open source & INSPIRE
> GeoPortal requirement => open source. Don't forget to OSS the backend ;)"
> 
> [1] https://twitter.com/cedricmoullet
> [2] https://twitter.com/ticheler
> 
> Best regards,
> Bart
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Exploring SourceForge I have found:
> > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/geoportal/index.php?title=Main_Page
> > Is it a proof for the strong impact of FOSS community on proprietary
> > software
> > providers?
> >
> > Tomasz Kubik
> >
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