In this week's assignment, you'll watch and read several opinions on the use of FOSS within the GIS community. I will then ask you to respond to these in a detailed discussion below.
Make a post on the "Lesson 1 assignment forum" on Canvas that addresses both of the following questions:
You can optionally make two posts addressing the questions separately. You will be graded on the depth of the arguments that you put forward in your responses and the evidence you produce to support these arguments, not on your opinions toward FOSS.
To receive full credit, please also write at least one response to another student's post building on whatever he or she said.
I encourage you to continue thinking about these questions throughout this course as you get more hands-on experience with FOSS.
Links
[1] http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring11articles/open-source-technology-and-esri.html
[2] http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2013/02/04/going-open-source-with-esri/
[3] http://www.esri.com/products/arcgis-capabilities/open-source