Hi, On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hel...@web.de> wrote:
> Dear OSGeo community > > I want to bring you a discussion on a github ticket about linking to > "similar proprietary products" [1] to your attention. > > My comment there: > > "I support and concur with Venka that the item "Similar Proprietary > Products" should be removed. There isn't only one proprietary GIS software > out there, there are several others. IMHO such comparisons may be part of > e.g. a reviewed scientific paper/elaboration, where our OSGeo projects - if > they want to - may link to. I see no added value for OSGeo to serve such > links. As already elsewhere mentioned by me, reciprocity is the key if such > items are listed, but I can't see this happen. " > I agree. I don't understand it either. > > I'm pretty much convinced that more effort to help our OSGeo projects > improving on every level (e.g. documentation, reach out, testing, etc) is > the key rather than linking to proprietary software. One of such > opportunities may be the upcoming Google Code In (GCI) 2017 e.g. to produce > nice screenshots for documentation, produce some fancy videos etc. based on > tiny little tasks for students aged 13 to 17. A good invest in the young > who will be our OSGeo's future. > Thanks for mentioning that, Helli. May I add that suitable tasks for students may include design of web pages and / or promotional material, see for example https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2015/organization/4777925899452416/task/5259692246827008/ I take the liberty of cc'ing the marketing committee, because it would be nice to see some members joining the code-in mentors pool. Let us know that you want to join, writing an email to gsoc-ad...@osgeo.org and I'll send you the subscription form. Hoping that I didn't go much off topic respect to the original meaning of this email Thank you > -- Margherita Di Leo
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