Cascadoss Symposium 2008

Cascadoss International Symposium and Workshop, 16th, 2008 - Jun 19th, 2008 in Warsaw, Poland

The international symposium will bring together both professional developers and (potential) customers of GIS/RS Open Source technology and will, as such, stimulate research & innovation and networking in this field. The workshop part targets GIS-experts with a high level of expertise in GIS and/or programming, such as software service providers and IT/GIS-SMEs.

Event organized within the CASCADOSS project.

Referenes

 * Support for CASCADOSS discussion
 * Announced OSGeo Support for CASCADOSS

OSGeo Talks

 * How GIS Open Source Projects stimulate building of the communities by Markus Neteler
 * Trends in development of Free and Open Source Software for Geomatics by Mateusz Loskot
 * The OSGeo Foundation - an instroduction by Markus and Mateusz

How GIS Open Source Projects stimulate building of the communities
TBD

Resources

 * Community based software development: The GRASS GIS project presentation by Markus Neteler,
 * Producing Open Source Software book by Karl Fogel

Trends in development of Free and Open Source Software for Geomatics
From Dave Mcllhagga's presentation on FOSS4G 2008: ...
 * value is the solution, not the technology
 * solutions drive the technology - not the other way around
 * FOSSGIS Business Models
 * Commercial Proprietary GI solutions versus FOSS4G
 * FOSS4G == commercial

Resources

 * Open Source Software Economics, IP, and Standards by Stephen R. Walli, China OSS Summit 2007
 * Open Source Radar by Nat Torkington
 * The Total Growth of Open Source by Amit Deshpande and Dirk Riehle, OSS 2008
 * Why Open Source Software? Look at the Numbers! by David A. Wheeler, 2007
 * Don't oppose Free Software and Commercial Software by Jan-Oliver Wagner
 * Dirk Riehle: Open Source Economics - The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software: Stakeholder Perspectives
 * Overview of Free/Open source Desktop GIS
 * "...dass die Idee, Software zu verkaufen, immer uninteressanter wird..."
 * Was motiviert Open-Source-Entwickler?

OSGeo Foundation
Use information collected in the Generic OSGeo Presentation article and Tyler Mitchell's OSGeo presentation from the FOSSG4 2008.