[mapguide-users] Fusion + Oracle datasource problem

[Paul Spencer]

We also discuss things on the fusion mailing list (see http://trac.osgeo.org/fusion) 
.

Please note that there is typically a long lag between new open source  
development and the appearance of the code in related commercial  
products as the commercial products typically go through much longer  
release cycles that start based on released/stable open source  
available at that time and involve lots of testing.  When commercial  
software is actually released, the open source software has often  
evolved by a version or two from the version that is in the commercial  
version.  This is not Autodesk-specific, just a fact of life for  
commercial software based on open source.  It is sometimes possible to  
substitute the cutting edge open source stuff into a commercial  
software package, but this can be tricky because APIs change - so  
while it is possible to grab a new fusion version and drop it into an  
existing MapGuide (open source or commercial) version, you are going  
to run into some upgrade issues (as is the case right now with having  
to update the MapGuide templates when using the latest fusion).  In my  
experience, I think it is actually quite amazing that fusion and  
mapguide are so version-interchangeable, probably due to excellent  
engineering on the the mapguide side of things and a relatively loose  
coupling of the fusion/mapguide APIs.

In any case, I digress - thanks for your offer to be involved, you  
have already helped by being a voice in the community and we will  
continue to abuse you in the future by making you test new stuff and  
tell us how to improve the software and community experience :)

Cheers

Paul


On 21-Aug-08, at 2:59 AM, gingerbbm wrote:

>
> That all sounds really promising but unfortunately I'm working to an
> aggressive deadline, and having paid money for the Autodesk MapGuide  
> product
> I sort of assumed it would operate consistently regardless of my  
> choice of
> viewer.
>
> So what's the best way of keeping track of these new developments?  
> Do you
> announce it here or somewhere else? I'd like to be involved if I can  
> be.
>
> Cheers
> Stuart
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