On 1/26/06, Chris Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank Warmerdam wrote: > > 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.
Chris, I hope you didn't take my email too seriously. It was intended to be humorous and somehow ironic. Somehow, vaguely implying that the line between old and new isn't so clear or something ill thought out. I certainly prefer to think of myself as harnassing the support of the big guys to provide techs to enable the little guys. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
