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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=468501917-23032006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I'm curious if any of those new products coming out for web
GIS development that you saw at the ESRI developer summit were either in part or
in full open source? If not, any talk of anything going open
source?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>Andy Morsell, P.E.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>Spatial Integrators,
Inc.</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><A
href="http://www.SpatialGIS.com">http://www.SpatialGIS.com</A></FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Butler, Juan P
[mailto:jpbutler@co.pinellas.fl.us] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 23, 2006
6:39 AM<BR><B>To:</B> users@mapguide.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[mapguide-users] Commercial vs. Open Source Functionality<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m glad you asked and
let’s see if we get some answers. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- Juan
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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.
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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.
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks in advance.</SPAN></FONT>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Shane Buscher</SPAN></FONT>
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