Tag Archives: Shawn Owston

OSGeo Propaganda

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The recent discussion on LinkedIn OGC forum about Advantages and disadvantages of Open Source GIS has reached at times hot temperatures. Good, as long as a discussion is factual. Unfortunately, the current one sometimes lacks of facts. Shawn Owston has started throwing heavy stones without, again, giving any facts or real examples:

One of the major “issues” with OSGeo in particular is the open and slanderous at times propoganda that is communicated regarding “commercial” companies regarding software quality, maintenance schedule and delivery of bug fixes to their constituent markets.

I agree with propaganda but I do not agree with slanderous propaganda. I have never seen anybody talking or writing on behalf of OSGeo who would be spreading defamation about anyone or anything in the industry or outside.

Shawn, it’s just not right. Please, drop the heavy stones away and pick the facts.

The Myth of Objectivity

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I do not advocate anything or anyone. All right, may be I do advocate but only a few small tiny things like C++ programming language, generic programming and high quality of software code and design and my dog, of course. However, I let myself to go down in the discussion about advantages and disadvantages of Open Source GIS on OGC forum at LinkedIn and somewhat at OSGeo mailing list too.

A human nature pisses me off, sometimes. (I am a human being, in case of doubt.) The world is bloody relative but we love to sling absolutes around. Yeah, we love this game! We are not good in learning from mistakes, anyway. Thus, the only achievement of attempting to apply a patch to someone’s buggy ignorance is a waste of time and may be a bit of training in fast typing or boxing ;-)

Paul is right recommending don’t feed the troll!. But, what has been learned is going to be lost, naturally.