+1 (for ‘not the only one’) It is good to receive support, I am not contesting that. But this issue seems worthy of considered discussion. Even OGC receives considerable funding from ESRI, further complicating the issue. [sigh] -Patrick
P.S.: Curious, was the Lidar compression ‘open standard’ issue ever resolved? https://rapidlasso.com/2015/12/19/the-darc-force-awakens-esri-escalates-lidar-format-war/ From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Luigi Pirelli Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2018 10:50 AM To: Dan Little Cc: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship Not the only one... Sorry On Sunday, 25 February 2018, Dan Little <theduckylit...@gmail.com<mailto:theduckylit...@gmail.com>> wrote: You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective. On Feb 25, 2018 08:43, "Stefano Campus" <skam...@gmail.com<mailto:skam...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thank you for your quick reply, Maria. This is certainly my mistake, since I had not noticed it. But apart from that, am I the only one feeling that this sponsorship is not exactly 'normal'? Stefano Il 25/Feb/2018 03:32 PM, "Maria Antonia Brovelli" <maria.brove...@polimi.it<mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it>> ha scritto: Dear Stefano, this is not a novelty. It happened also in the previous years (see the websites of the conferences). Best, Maria A course worth your attending: http://sws.cept.ac.in/course-detail/geodata-and-gis-for-natural-and-built-environment-management-S18FT005 ---------------------------------------------------- Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli Professor of GIS and Digital Mapping Politecnico di Milano P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy<https://maps.google.com/?q=P.zza+Leonardo+da+Vinci,+32+-+Building+3+-+20133+Milano+(Italy&entry=gmail&source=g>) Tel. +39-02-23996242<tel:+39%2002%202399%206242> - Mob. +39-328-0023867<tel:+39%20328%20002%203867>, maria.brove...@polimi.it<mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it> ________________________________ Da: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Stefano Campus <skam...@gmail.com<mailto:skam...@gmail.com>> Inviato: domenica 25 febbraio 2018 15:26 A: Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship Hi, I see ESRI is one of the sponsor of FOSS4G 2018. Do the OSGeo Board and Local Committee think it is appropriate? Our Romans ancestors used to say: 'Pecunia non olet' (money don't smell) but sometimes... Thank you for your reply Stefano Campus _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Luigi Pirelli ************************************************************************************************** * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli * Stackexchange: http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19667/luigi-pirelli * GitHub: https://github.com/luipir * Mastering QGIS 2nd Edition: * https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/mastering-qgis-second-edition * Hire me: http://goo.gl/BYRQKg **************************************************************************************************
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