[OSM-talk] Software Freedom Day

[Ulf Lamping]

andrzej zaborowski schrieb:
> 2009/9/5 Apollinaris Schoell <aschoell at gmail.com>:
>> For any external use like SFD it makes sense to stay with a commercial
>> solution where they can get paid support and customization if needed.
> 
> My only issue with this is that it places OSM behind Google, because
> when you go to their website you get an "official" way of placing the
> map on your site and if your requirements are basic it's free and the
> server won't go down for two days in a year.  You don't have to buy a
> commercial solution if you know basic html, but you're still offered
> the same reliability.  Later we wonder why Software Freedom Day uses
> google maps instead of openstreetmaps.

Well, I guess we'll always fall behind Google in terms of availability. 
But in a lot of cases, like: "you can find us here" that just doesn't 
really matter - especially for a community project :-)

Please also note, that it's really easy to switch from OSM to Google 
maps (and back) if you're using openlayers. But you have to rewrite your 
javascript code (completely?) if you want to go from the Google API to OSM.

So OSM is the "secure choice" to start with ... :-)

Regards, ULFL