Quoting Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 1/26/06, Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They're never from big fat companies with "respect" and "names". > ESRI > > is like Microsoft, like any big company, slave to its businss > model. > ... > > So I want to show the projects that are hurting the old way of > doing > > things,... > > > So I am definitely open to geowankers. Ignore what ur-Nat said. > Nat > > in early 2006 is saying "bring me your geowankers, your open source > > toolkit creators, your huddled Google Maps hackers". > > Nat, > > Well, I guess that leaves me out. My tech's all about propping up > the big fat companies with "respect" and "names" (and money). > The Microsofts, ESRIs, Googles and Autodesks of the world. Please, if that's what your tech was 'all' about you probably wouldn't be doing it open source. Even if it's completely unintentional (which I wouldn't really believe), your tech also props up a majority of the open source hacker geo world. The wankers wouldn't be able to do any disruptive stuff if they weren't able to build on many of the same tools that the big guys use, which is only possible with the niche you've created. Now the big guys may be funding all of your tech, but don't think that's what your tech is all about. I suppose if you really insist on it then we can get all postmodern about the author not being the one who gets to decide his meaning... But that stuff makes my head hurt.
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