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color=#0000ff size=2>Dear Shane,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>I think this is the right forum to ask - and a lot of
people are very interested in the answers ... me too ! And I think there a quiet
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mit freundlichen Grüßen</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thomas Grosser</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>-
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Von:</B> Buscher, Shane
[mailto:Shane.Buscher@nngco.com] <BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Donnerstag, 23. März 2006
14:45<BR><B>An:</B> users@mapguide.osgeo.org<BR><B>Betreff:</B> [mapguide-users]
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>All right, I'm a little frustrated at this point
trying to figure out the current direction of MapGuide OS and MapGuide
Commercial. I'm trying to choose between several competing technologies in
the web mapping arena, including ArcIMS, MapGuide OS, MapGuide Commercial, and
MapServer. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Is the MapGuide Studio product going to
become strictly a commercial product? I see it expires in October.
If so, what authoring tool is going to be made available for the OS users, if
any?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. There's a lot of vaporware advertising going on,
especially in the data provider category. I have SQL Server, ArcSDE,
and WMS consumption requirements. These are documented as being supported,
but you quickly realize they are not post-install. Are these
functionalities only going to be made available in the Commercial product?
This is what it seems. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the general direction for both OS and
Commercial? Are they going to be one in the same, with only support being
the difference between the two? Or, will Autodesk just add functionality
independently of the OS project, leaving the open source community to catch up?
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe this is not the right forum to ask these
questions, but I don't know where else to ask. It's important to know the
direction of these products, as I'm looking for a long term solution.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shane Buscher</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>GIS/Compliance Systems</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Northern
Natural Gas</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>402.398.7841</FONT>
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