n Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Christopher Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:36:43PM +0200, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: >> Christopher Schmidt wrote: >> > On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 10:16:52AM +0200, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: >> >> Markus Neteler wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Cameron Shorter >> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Percy, >> >>>> To start the ball rolling, I've created a wiki page for a desktop >> >>>> comparison >> >>>> here: >> >>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GIS_Desktop_Comparison >> >>> Here a reasonable contribution, lead by Tom McConnell: >> >>> >> >>> "Matrix on OSGeo and COTS software functionality" >> >>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Albk_XRkhVkzdGxyYk8tNEZvLUp1UTUzTFN5bjlLX2c&hl=en >> >>> >> >>> Best regards, >> >>> Markus >> >>> >> >> Here comes the prayer wheel again... >> >> >> >> What does "COTS" mean? "Ready-made products" [1]. Is that the opposite >> >> to Open Source software? No. >> > >> > Did anyone say anything about it being an opposite? "OSGeo and COTS" >> > is one phrase -- there is no distrinction in the spreadsheet (although >> > there is a row stating whether the software is proprietary or not, >> > which is obviously distinct from COTS.) >> > >> > I don't understand your complaint. What would you change about the >> > spreadsheet that causes you to make this point? >> >> Did I complain? > > Your email reads very much like a complaint to me. In fact, as your only > reply was a complaint about terminology, with no obvious positive > feedback for the person who put a lot of work into a nice spreadsheet, I > would feel very discouraged personally on reading it -- doubly so since > it comes from someone whose opinion is obviously well-respected in the > OSGeo community.
It has been a group of authors, I have taken care of a part of the OSGeo related packages mentioned in the spreadsheet. Yes, significant time has been spent on this table compilation. I have contacted the lead, Tom McConnell, if we can open the editing up to more people. Let's wait for his answer. Markus _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
