[OSM-talk] Fwd: Nav4All navigation shut down by Navteq

[Stefan de Konink]

Op 31-01-10 13:54, Kai Krueger schreef:
> Even if promoting to the company did not work, it might still be worth
> promoting OSM in the media coverage / blogs of the Nav4All shutdown as a
> reason why it is important to have free and open map data to prevent
> anti-competitive activities by a few large companies.

Do you think Navteq and Teleatlas are the only world wide data 
providers? Please think again. There is no monopoly going on here, but 
if you did base your product on the a company that is now part of your 
direct competition, then you made the wrong choice in the past.


Stefan