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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m glad you brought this up.
I’m a little frustrated too. I just came back from ESRI’s
Developer summit and saw some nice, new products coming out for Web <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">GIS</st1:PersonName> development. The only thing is that most
of the products require ESRI datasources in which to display or interact with
data. With me just having SDF/SHP capability now, I’m very
interested in seeing what Autodesk will be packaging in the commercial release and
the overall direction and involvement of Autodesk. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m glad you asked and let’s
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>- Juan <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Buscher, Shane
[mailto:Shane.Buscher@nngco.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 23, 2006
8:45 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">users@mapguide.osgeo.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [mapguide-users]
Commercial vs. Open Source Functionality</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks
in advance.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Shane
Buscher</span></font> <br>
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font-family:Arial'>GIS</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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