That you could make the transition so easily is an argument that it doesn't
really matter which program is taught in school. If someone has some decent
GIS skills then can pretty quickly figure out how to do things in QGIS and
find resources to help them make the transition. That is what I did
Arc is what is taught in US schools but the switch to Q is not that hard.
in fact from a students perspective I feel that by learning from different
perspectives one can learn better. Here in Portland the whole public
transit system switched onto Q and I intend to work in Q once I start out
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