All, I’ve been following this thread and this does seem like a good way to address most if not all the thoughts.
Another side to this would be in the ability to let the user(s) add to the keyword list of “other” geo products out there, whether FOSS or Prop. It would allow for a useability matrix to build up over time as well, maybe even going so far as to grab a capabilities list of some sort from the users and consequently a mechanism for targeting new cabailities in the software being developed under the OSGeo banner based on these user capabilities/needs and a derived capability matrix. bobb On Sep 21, 2017, at 4:04 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan <ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp<mailto:ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>> wrote: Dear All, If the aim is only to help new users who are not aware of Free and Open Source Geospatial Software, it could be better to have a dedicated page which allows new user to input keywords (e.g. the present software they are using, of the OGC standards compliance they are looking for etc.) and returning the results pointing to appropriate OSGeo software). If I understood correctly, I think this is what Sandro has been suggesting and I like this approach. As I already commented on the github ticket 1], I do not think it is necessary to have an item such as "similar proprietary software" or "Migrate From XXX" (also, we should rather propose "Migration *form* YYY to Free and Open Source tool", where YYY would be the user input keyword). Also, some of the names of Proprietary products are registered as trademarks, and it could be better to avoid using these names directly on the OSGeo website. Best Venka [1] https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/100 On 9/21/2017 5:15 PM, Sandro Santilli wrote: On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 08:33:05PM -0700, Jody Garnett wrote: How much of your initial concern was providing a link? Or is it just displaying the name (switching to MapInfo for the example here). It would be kind of nice if the it behaved like a keyword, and linked to the project page short listing all the projects that one can migrate to from MapInfo. It's different degrees of annoyance. I guess a brand-less and link-less list of names of proprietary products would not be too "offensive" for me (assuming spam filtering lets it pass) but I'd still prefer an hidden keyword. Something that you never see written but is recognized by the search engine to give you back a similar software: you search for <proprietary> you get <free>. The "like Photoshop, only better" motto I like even when it contains the name because it explicitly bashes it :) --strk; _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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