Bulgarian professional publication GeoMedia publishes interview with ENTCHEV founder Atanas Entchev

GeoMedia is a bimonthly magazine published in cooperation with the Association of Bulgarian Geodesists and the Guild of Bulgarian Geodetic Engineers. It is the leading publication on GIS in Bulgaria and publishes scientific as well as practical articles on GIS and photogrammetry. In its first issue for 2012 GeoMedia published an interview with ENTCHEV founder Atanas Entchev, who was born in Bulgaria. The interview was conducted over email in September 2011, and is currently published in Bulgarian. The publishers have promised an English version soon.

Excerpt:

Q: "What do you think about open source in GIS?"

A: "I am a very strong advocate of open source, in GIS and in general. The open source movement is significant for a variety of reasons. Our group implements open source solutions, as well as hybrid (open/closed) and proprietary solutions. In the last few years open source has been particularly successfull and has driven the development of web GIS platforms, while proprietary vendors have been playing catch-up."