RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo friendly countries to live in

(209) 992-0658 From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Richard Rupp Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:03 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo friendly countries to live in All, T

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All, This is a great thought-provoking discussion. Thinking about the U.S. geodata released in the MrSID format. I think this may be the best way to show the return on the taxpayers' investment in the data. The vast majority of citizens don't want to manipulate these datasets; they only want to v

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ssage- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:23 AM To: OSGeo Discussions; punk...@eidesis.org Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo friendly countries to live in Like the subject of patents from a couple weeks

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governments is just something I feel strongly about. Landon -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:23 AM To: OSGeo Discussions; punk...@eidesis.org Subject: RE: [OSGeo

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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Landon Blake Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:10 AM To: punk...@eidesis.org; OSGeo Discussions Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo friendly countries to live in I'm a long ways from Washington DC an

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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Landon Blake wrote: > Great comments Andrew. We need a model where we have Europe's support of > open source with the United State's open data policies. ... and vice verse for the "public" data... :) Markus ___ Discuss m

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scuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Turner Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:58 AM To: punk...@eidesis.org; OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo friendly countries to live in On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:53 AM, P Kishor wrote: > My feeling is (_feeling_, not an assert

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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:53 AM, P Kishor wrote: > My feeling is (_feeling_, not an assertion backed by evidence) that > the US govt. agencies stay out of supporting or not supporting any > particular kind of software or technology. They use what they think is > best, without creating a policy out

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> Cameron wrote: > > " Canada looks preferable to the US. I wonder how much the Canadian > GeoConnections program is responsible for Canada's strong OSGeo > industry." The Canadian federal government is way ahead of most provinces on that front. One can see the commitments of organizations like

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992-0658 -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of P Kishor Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:53 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo friendly countries to live in On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at

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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Landon Blake wrote: > Cameron wrote: > > " Canada looks preferable to the US. I wonder how much the Canadian > GeoConnections program is responsible for Canada's strong OSGeo > industry." > > I believe governments in Canada are much more supportive of open source >

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Cameron wrote: " Canada looks preferable to the US. I wonder how much the Canadian GeoConnections program is responsible for Canada's strong OSGeo industry." I believe governments in Canada are much more supportive of open source software than governments in the United States. In my experience, t

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Andrew, Well, I can't upload them in the wiki last week-end as the zip extension is forbidden, but I can send them to anyone who want ;) I will send them to you in csv format in few hours (~ 6), I can put all sql files in the comrpessed file if needed. Regards, Y. Le Tuesday 18 August 2009 12

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Is the data available? On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Yves Jacolin has sliced FOSS4G website hits to > determine the number of FOSS4G attendees per million people, broken down by > country. From this, you can get a feeling for the most OSGeo tol

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A tad unfair on Capetown I think - much of SA money is in GP, the province with Jo-burg and Pretoria in it and all the big companies; Cape Town and its residents took a lead in ending apartheid; the university appointed Dr Ramphele (a key player in the anti-apartheid struggle) as a Deputy VC in

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Nice research.. It was last at Capetown.. Wish it was at Joh--berg, as mentioned, heard that .. that is more Africa than this Europe hammered into Africa (Cape Town.. a Rich Rich stinking rich guys place) --- On Mon, 17/8/09, Cameron Shorter wrote: > From: Cameron Shorter > Subject: [OSGeo-D

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Just a small note: Chile is the correct name of mencioned "Chilli". Nice research. On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Yves Jacolin has sliced FOSS4G website hits to > determine the number of FOSS4G attendees per million people, broken down by > co