[Geowanking] Re: Where 2.0

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 1/26/06, Nathan Torkington <gnat at oreilly.com> wrote:
> They're never from big fat companies with "respect" and "names".  ESRI
> is like Microsoft, like any big company, slave to its businss model.
...
> So I want to show the projects that are hurting the old way of doing
> things,...

> So I am definitely open to geowankers.  Ignore what ur-Nat said.  Nat
> in early 2006 is saying "bring me your geowankers, your open source
> toolkit creators, your huddled Google Maps hackers".

Nat,

Well, I guess that leaves me out.  My tech's all about propping up
the big fat companies with "respect" and "names" (and money).
The Microsofts, ESRIs, Googles and Autodesks of the world.

> getting in front of business people who are making decisions about
> what to use, or even getting in front of VCs and angel investors if
> you think that money could help what you're doing.

Ouch, you almost got me with this hook.  But I've pursued
investment money before and ended up feeling pretty dirty.

Best regards,
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