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<DIV><SPAN class=005470600-30112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You're
missing my point...MSE is not Mapserver and dosn't have the capabilities of
Mapserver and therefore should not be called Mapserver Enterprise. The name
Mapserver Enterprise to me initially implied you had written a j2ee layer for
Mapserver. Clearly this is not the case and I question why have your product
called Mapserver when they are apples and oranges. And why force the *real*
Mapserver to be called "Mapserver Cheetah"? This makes no sense and wil
completely confuse and dialute the Mapserver brand.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Gary Lang
[mailto:gary.lang@autodesk.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 29, 2005
4:39 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Ethan Alpert;
MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS]
ADSK and the MapServer Foundation - tying the threads
together<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The “enterprise” moniker idea came from a MS person,
but we sell to enterprise customers today with even less OGC support than we
have in MSE. Since we sell to them today a product with less of these features
it didn’t seem too presumptuous.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It would be interesting to see a gap analysis. My boss
is on the OGC board, and they seem happy with our progress in this
area.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In the rush to do all this by our AU event here in
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Orlando</st1:place></st1:City>, many
shortcuts were taken, including with documentation. Sorry about that. The
first official release of the open source code will take place in January, and
it should be better by then.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Gary</SPAN></FONT></st1:City></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><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"> Ethan
Alpert [mailto:ealpert@digitalglobe.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:33
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Gary Lang;
MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ADSK
and the MapServer Foundation - tying the threads
together</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I'm curious why you
want to call your product Mapserver Enterprise when it clearly doesn't have
near the level of functionality that the *real* Mapserver has? Could you
answer this please? No OGC support, for example, which is core to other
"<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:place></st1:City>"
mapping applications. I'm not finding adaquate documentation of features
online but MSE doesn't look like it provides much of the functionality
commonly associated with the Mapserver
brand.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-e</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> UMN
MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Gary Lang<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:13
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ADSK and
the MapServer Foundation - tying the threads
together</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Folks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I want to answer questions and
continue to try to learn what the concerns are. I thought I’d sit down and
write a longer mail about
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