Message: 7
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:32:52 +0100
From: andrea giacomelli <pibinko@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Gfoss] review dei GIS
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1ok. e OSGEO che ne pensa ? loro hanno valutato la cosa ?
avere tante mail sicuramente serve, così come avere mail da soggetti
“istituzionali” non fa male in questi casi.p.s. qual è l’indirizzo a cui scrivere ?
Ciao Andrea e tutti,
l’indirizzo e [editor@amerisurv.com](mailto:editor@amerisurv.com) Anche io ho scritto per protestare e la risposta e talmente comica che vorrei condividerla con voi (notate come supportano il software libero):
Hi Margherita,
Wow! I had no idea Rj’s article would generate such response. You’re the fourth person to complain (and the second from Italia). Here’s the deal:
Looking at the bigger picture, we have a surveying magazine. The author was trying to help surveyors who want to get into GIS without spending a lot of time or >money. Our readership is mostly comprised of surveyors, not GIS professionals who thrive on figuring complex software out.
He “picked” DIVA-GIS over ArcGIS Explorer, but we haven’t had any complaints from Esri, probably because they realize that the author is only expressing an >opinion, not something that will cause people to adopt or not adopt particular software.
I’m sorry if we have insulted your favorite software, but again, we’re a surveying magazine, not a GIS magazine, and the bulk of our readers are not GIS >professionals.
And I’m shocked that there is so much interest in our magazine in Italia!
Marc Cheves, LS
Editor
The American Surveyor
P.S. We are big users and supporters of open-source software. Our websites are driven by Joomla.
Ciao
-Margherita
