OpenMapTM: How We Can Help You
The User Community: BBN runs the openmap-users@bbn.com
mailing list. This list is populated by OpenMap users from around the globe
and BBN developers who want to discuss how they've used OpenMap in their own
applications, exchange tips and tricks, and even nuggets of code to keep the
spirit of open source alive and well. These pieces of code can often be found
on our submission page for the world to view and download, and can sometimes
be incorporated into the software distribution itself.
openmap-users@bbn.com is a closed
mailing list to protect the subscribers from unsolicited email. To join and
post on the list, send email to
majdart@bbn.com with the phrase
"subscribe openmap-users" in the body of the message.
OpenMap is open source:
We feel that one of the keys to OpenMap's success has been the open source
nature of the software. The code is available and readable to all, and can
be easily modified. When we do contract research and development for a
customer, we prefer to fold our updates and additions into the code base for
the rest of the user community to use. After all, one reason that OpenMap is
often 90% of the solution you need is because other customers in the past have
paid for those features!
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