I think a commercial support section would be a great idea, but as
others have said, managing it can be tricky. Not all users know how to
analyze the list archives to find the best person to help them with a
specific problem, so this support page would help both the users and the
service
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Hi,
I'm wondering
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Hi,
I'm wondering
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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:02:35 +0200
From: Even Rouault even.roua...@spatialys.com
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Subject: [gdal-dev] Adding a Commercial support section on gdal.org
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As Frank wrote, this is a slippery issue. Personally I could be
comfortable with anything from self-registration to the highly
selective approach described by Frank. To me, the important issue is
making clear to a reader of the list what exactly the list means and
how to
Hi,
I'm wondering if there would be a concensus and interest to add a Commercial
support section on gdal.org. A number of OSGeo projects have such page (see
[1]), so that wouldn't be completely awkward to have one for GDAL as well.
The OSGeo Service provider database reference 137
Even,
I suspect most companies providing commercial support for GDAL are related
to one or more committers, so it might be reasonable to let the committers
to propose a company to be listed (by describing the support they can
provide) and probably call for a vote on it. (just my 2 cents)
Best
Even,
I am not yet a commiter on SVN, but I agree with Tamas that allowing any
commiters would be a great. I personally think listing supporting companies
with an opensource project is a great way to build more support and trust
in the project.
Thanks,
Blake
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