Hi Cameron,
we did a live Desktop GIS comparison at the GFOSS (Italian Chapter)
meeting in November.
I started the gatering of tasks here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Code_Sprint#The_desktop_comparison_tasks_list
which then ended in the Italian page:
http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Confro
Delegates who voted for the FOSS4G 2009 presentations ranked the OSGeo
comparison projects very highly, which is something I suggest hopeful
FOSS4G 2010 presenters take note of, because competition for speaking
slots will be fierce.
At FOSS4G 2009, 183 quality presentations were submitted, and