[Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Markus Weidenbach]

Dear List,

I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at the 
university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader finally 
insisted on doing it with ArcGIS arguing  that the students had better 
chances to find a job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS. This 
argumentation does not reflect my long professional experience as a GIS 
consultant at all!
But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young GIS 
professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are equally 
suited)?
Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on the 
worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?

I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna 
(https://geoobserver.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/) but it is 
focused on a technical comparison of both systems only.
Also the link 
https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_report/documents/gis-winter-2016-report is 
not really helpful because it is based on some 40 reviews only and 
therefore not representative.
I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS 
users and renown companies using QGIS worldwide.

Thanks for your help in advance,
Markus

-- 
Dr. Markus Weidenbach
*landConsult.de*
Geographical Information Management
and Environmental Planning
D-77815 Bühl
Germany
e.mail see: http://landConsult.de
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