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| Subject: | Re: GISList: Re: OGC and Standards, small comment |
| Date: |
01/07/2003 11:20:54 AM |
| From: |
Ron Lake |
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Hi,
I get it. This is clever marketing trick by Dimitri. Well done ! I salute you.
Ron
Mohamed Eleiche wrote:
> Dear Dimitri, Dear GIS World,
>
> Happy New Year,
>
> It's a very nice discussion regarding OGC & GIS,
> it's amazing, and I'm one who is enjoying it.
>
> But I have a small comment to Dimitri,
> I know you're very biased to your product,
> but don't do this over the underestimation of other
> GIS contributors :
>
> > You can see the lack of fresh development in GIS where, except for
> Manifold,
> > there has been no new major package emerge and the existing legacy vendors
> > introduced nothing substantial. Line extension products, yes, major new
> > entrants, no. Yes, ESRI introduced the "8" series but this is just a
> fresh
> > coat of paint over the same basic ESRI ideas that date back to the '80s,
> and
> > even that was delayed by what, three years? Even today, no one is making
> > the investment into desktop GIS that we are. For example, MapInfo appears
> to
> > have given up on the desktop, hoping that LBS will make it an economically
> > viable concern.
>
> I'm sorry to tell you that there are other fresh development in GIS,
> look for GE Smallworld, look for CadCorp, look for Geomedia,
> and of course ESRI, and the development in the spatial-engines
> in the RDBMS data providers, and others ....
>
> This is real, and they're making good job, not only Manifold !!!!
> I know that Manifold price is not compitive with other vendors,
> but price is not the only factor !!!
>
> Regards,
>
> Mohamed Eleiche
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> GeoTiba Systems
> P O Box 17
> Zamalek, 11211, Cairo,
> Egypt
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> Tel +20 10 147 9703
> Tel/Fax +20 15 383720
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