[mapserver-users] Re: FW: [Manifold] Map Server Docs

[Ma]

Dimitri Rotow wrote:

>
> I disagree on price, by the way.  Few things are free: there is usually only
> a shifting of cost.   To really "do" map web sites a user needs both a map
> server and a GIS.  The cost of ESRI + MapServer is far beyond the $245 cost
> of Manifold + Manifold IMS.  In both cases, the map server is "free."
> That's the equation confronting most users (who are new to GIS,
> statistically) who would operate a Internet map server site.
>

why ESRI? you can use some no-cost M$ Windows based GIS.
:>

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Ma