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| Subject: | Re: GISList: ArcView vs MapInfo vs Manifold |
| Date: |
08/28/2002 11:17:44 AM |
| From: |
Robert Heitzman |
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Hopefully the UOP reviewers will not reflect the views I have observed held
by local GIS professors and "consultants". The non-ESRI bias is astounding.
If they are open to any other tools it is high end workstation software.
Part of the bias appears to be an extension of the ingrained anti-WinTel
bias in academia. Part appears to be CYA when they are faced with
inexpensive tools that cost less than a couple hours of consulting time
trying to get the big dog GIS software to function.
For example I have demo'd Manifold to several local GIS mucky mucks and have
an experienced nothing but disdain. I have even lobby with them to sign up
for the Manifold academic license - they only have to buy one per campus -
and none have taken up the offer as far as I can tell.
It will be interesting to see what kind of matrix these folks, who
undoubtedly are in line for big dog grants to help their clients get hooked
on big dog software, come up with. I challenge them to publish the matrix
for feedback before they begin.
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This message from Joe Francica bouced to the list
and should be of interest.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Francica
[mailto:jrf@geodezix.com] Sent: Tuesday, August
27, 2002 10:04 AM To: dar@manifold.net:
Quantitative Decisions Cc: gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: RE: GISList: ArcView vs MapInfo vs
Manifold
Let me briefly provide some insights from the
editorial side.
Directions Magazine and the other ezines and
print journals that offer editorial walk a fine
line in the trade publication business. We
survive because of advertising because we are
free to subscribers. We both want the advertisers
as well as provide readers with accurate and
useful information.
Over the recent months, I have received
"strongly-worded" objections to my commentary by
ESRI, Intergraph and others. No one has yet
threatened to pull their advertising and so I
consider that proof of not yet violating the
bounds of the fine line.
We differentiate ourselves on content and we will
continue to compete with trade publications that
do likewise. As for product reviews, Directions
has enlisted two universities to do "Product
Reviews" and we did this specifically to remove
any possibility of being less than objective in
our reviews. We publish both "Product Overviews"
which briefly review features and functions, and
"Product Reviews" which provide more in-depth
analysis of products and which undergo usability
testing.
That said, we can not get to every product that
comes our way. We do not have the staff to review
everything.
Hopefully this explanation will suffice for the
time being.
Joe Francica
PS. If Dimitri wants to feel better, we have
Manifold on the list of products to be reviewed
by Univ. of Pennsylvania-Wharton.
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