[Qgis-user] Re: [Qgis-developer] Quality assurance

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 23/12/2011 12:42, Agustin Lobo ha scritto:

> Users reporting errors work for free also, in the sense that
> developers do not pay them. 

They are not working, but asking appropriately to solve their problem.

> I think that the funding problem with QGIS is that it has not been
> adopted yet by any university as its main GIS. And

This is not true: QGIS is adopted widely. The fact is that most organizations use it
as it stands, either because they think it is good enough for them, or because they
do not want (have the resources for) invest on it.
Good examples, of organizations investing to improve qgis, are around, and are
increasing. Of course we all would like the quality and functions to improve much
faster than they do, but in general I think things are not going bad.

> licenses. Well, in that case, QGIS must offer features that
> other programs do not. And I personally find that a big one is the
> link to other platforms such as Grass, Saga, OTB and R.

Well said. So why you and others are not investing in the new analytical framework,
to bring together the full power of these and other sw? Without an investment,
development will obviously be far slower.

All the best.
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Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia
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