[OSGeo-Board] Service Provider Directory

[Tyler Mitchell]

On 28-Sep-06, at 6:23 PM, Jason Birch wrote:

> If we're acting as a marketing organisation (and I think that's  
> squarely in our mandate), we also need to be able to follow through  
> on that marketing.  Quite a few intial users (speaking from  
> experience) would daunted by the task of looking for consultants  
> across multiple projects when they haven't even figured out what  
> software they want yet.  I think that offering this service at the  
> umbrella level will reduce duplicated effort, and will make it  
> easier for users to transition into Open Source.

I agree with you Jason.  If we are to help promote the uptake of  
projects, yet can't even have an informal list of companies  
available, what good is that to the projects?  In fact, it  
underscores the open source myth that "Open Source is not supported  
by professionals" - and I really want to help squash that one.

Tyler