[mapguide-users] Commercial vs. Open Source Functionality

[Butler, Juan P]

Shane:

 

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 GIS 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.   

 

I'm glad you asked and let's see if we get some answers.  

 

- Juan 

 

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From: Buscher, Shane [mailto:Shane.Buscher at nngco.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:45 AM
To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapguide-users] Commercial vs. Open Source Functionality

 

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.  

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?

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. 

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? 

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.

Thanks in advance. 

Shane Buscher 
GIS/Compliance Systems 
Northern Natural Gas 
402.398.7841 

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