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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World |
| Date: |
01/21/2005 01:35:01 PM |
| From: |
Anthony Quartararo |
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Ned,
I too have heard this very strong desire in the developing world, over and
over. However, when pressed, 99% of all people that bring it up qualify
their desire for open source as something they see as the only alternative
to ESRI, Intergraph, MapInfo, Autodesk, Smallworld, etc. because of price,
bottom line. Has much less to do with the side by side technical
capabilities comparison between any/all COTS GIS products. So, the
conclusion is, that if the TCO of COTS GIS were more appropriately priced
for a global market rather than making it MORE expensive (vs. US pricing) in
some international locations, then I would wager that no one would ever
entertain open source GIS, except for the occasional hobbyist.
Anthony
-----Original Message-----
From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
[mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf Of Ned Horning
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:12 PM
To: gislist@lists.thinkburst.com
Subject: RE: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World
For what it's worth, I have sensed a great interest in open source software
in the developing world.
All the best,
Ned
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