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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World |
| Date: |
01/25/2005 09:55:01 AM |
| From: |
Anthony Quartararo |
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Wolf,
As I pointed out, I personally had discussions with many overseas GIS
professionals, and it was my anecdotal evidence of "99%" that I was
expressing, not a formal scientific study. Open Source is not a new
perspective really, GRASS has been around since, well, almost since the "big
bang" yet it has not appreciable impact on the global GIS market. My point
was not to incite yet another flame-fest about "open source vs. COTS" GIS
software, not at all. Cheap webserver software (Apache) has nothing to do
with GIS software. Mozilla Thunderbird is a great email client. Does it
have a dent in other COTS email clients? Not really. To each his own. If
communities or individuals want to pursue open source, great, more power to
you (them).
-----Original Message-----
At 2:31 PM -0500 1/21/05, Anthony Quartararo wrote:
>I too have heard this very strong desire in the developing world, over
>and over. However, when pressed, 99% of all people
Anthony, is this a serious statistic for which you can cite an unbiased
study?
>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.
"Also, let's refrain from patronizing people in developing countries. "
Who's patronizing who ?
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