[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Incubator] Service Provider Directory: Prioritization
Frank Warmerdam schrieb: [snap] 1) Does it seem acceptable to give preferential listing (via order of returned results) to organizations identified as contributors? It is not only accepable, it is preferable. 2) Are project PSCs actually willing and interested in identifying contributors in a formal way? It would be up to projects to decide what criteria they want and to notify webcom of their contributors in some fashion. Yes, we (deegree) are. Regards, Markus I'm also interested in general feedback on how to improve the service provider directory and on the prioritization effort. Please read over the prioritization proposal for details. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/SPD_Prioritization Best regards, -- Dr. Markus Lupp l a t / l o n GmbH Kupang-NTT Indonesia phone +62 (0)81 339 431666 http://www.lat-lon.de http://www.deegree.org -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] deegree project publishes 2.1 Demo Releases including official OGC Reference Implementations
[Sorry for cross-posting] deegree project publishes 2.1 Demo Releases including official OGC Reference Implementations - The Free Software project deegree has released six Demo Releases for free download. The Demo Releases are easy to install software packages and include the official Reference Implementations of the OGC for WMS 1.3, WMS 1.1.1 and WCS 1.0.0. OGC Reference Implementation are 100 % standards-compliant implementations. They are developed with corresponding test suites and serve to test the tests as well as to give other implementors insight into a fully compliant software package. The 2.1 Demo Releases of deegree include besides WMS and WCS also a WFS, a Catalogue Service, a Web Perspective View Service for display of 3D geodata and iGeoPortal, a web-based client for OGC Web Services. All six Demo Releases are delivered as so called WAR archives, which can be deployed inside a servlet engine like Apache Tomcat within seconds. Links: http://www.deegree.org/ http://cite.opengeospatial.org/ http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wms http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs http://www.lat-lon.de -- Dr. Markus Lupp l a t / l o n GmbH Kupang-NTT Indonesia phone +62 (0)81 339 431666 http://www.lat-lon.de http://www.deegree.org -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4GIS business models
Hi Gilberto, Gilberto Camara schrieb: (Markus) So from my point of view it is possible to compete in the GIS market using an open source business model without any high-level government intervention (although it surely helps) I respectfully disagree. I doubt you could achieve the same success in the USA, where there is no active public policy in support of FOSS. I stand by my earlier assessment that successful long-term FOSS needs government support (direct or indirect). Well, this is interesting and I now understand your point of view better. I was really not aware that the indirect support that I can see and feel in Europe already is so much stronger than it is in the US. BTW, in South-East Asia (where I currently live and work) many countries have an official initiative that calls for support and usage of Open Source software, e.g. http://www.igos.web.id/ in Indonesia and http://opensource.mampu.gov.my/ in Malaysia. Best regards, Markus -- Dr. Markus Lupp l a t / l o n GmbH Kupang-NTT Indonesia phone +62 (0)81 339 431666 http://www.lat-lon.de http://www.deegree.org -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4GIS business models
, based on 25 years of experience, is that government intervention is essential for the open source model to survive beyond a handful of examples. Best regards Gilberto -- Dr. Markus Lupp l a t / l o n GmbH Kupang-NTT Indonesia phone +62 (0)81 339 431666 http://www.lat-lon.de http://www.deegree.org -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [postgis-users] A bit off topic, but FOSS GIS clients...
Paul Ramsey schrieb: Also, wasn't there a FOSS4G presentation about consulting as a way to further FOSS GIS development and make a living at it as well? Bit of a myth, as far as I can tell. This open source technology wedge is still so small that the business opportunities remain relatively tiny, particularly in North America, where the technology base is so homogenous and the mental lock-in to a vendor-led mentality so strong. Not a myth in Europe (or to be more precise, at least in Germany). There is a number of (growing) companies that have FOSS GIS consulting business models and do pretty well. Regards, Markus -- Dr. Markus Lupp l a t / l o n GmbH Kupang-NTT Indonesia phone +62 (0)81 339 431666 http://www.lat-lon.de http://www.deegree.org -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
