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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] ArcGIS 9 - recommend postponing installation |
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06/01/2004 03:45:01 PM |
| From: |
Ross, Gregory K. |
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I think any organization that has Visual Basic (or VBA) familiar programmers
or casual users would argue with you on the 'efficient' point of ESRI
software. Only other GIS software that can come close to competing in
efficient automation would be some Java based programs...........However,
I'll bet there are more Visual Basic (or VBA) familiar users out there than
Java familiar users......Not to mention that ESRI ArcGIS Engine provides
application programming interfaces (APIs) for COM, .NET, Java, and C++.
ESRI products do not perform what exactly?
Automation is the key to efficient software workflow. If you can't automate
the process, that means it is high in "user time" and demands rather
specific tasks that are not even close to being efficient no matter what
software you use. Software is simply a means of automating tasks........
Gregg Ross
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Russo [mailto:brian@entropy.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:15 PM
To: Ross, Gregory K.
Cc: gislist@lists.thinkburst.com
Subject: Re: [gislist] ArcGIS 9 - recommend postponing installation
At Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 02:07:21PM -0400, Ross, Gregory K. wrote:
> Problem with this theory is that, almost universally, businesses (and
> city, state, federal governments if they are being run efficiently),
> are NOT INTERESTED CONTROL of their SOFTWARE, but in MAKING A PROFIT a
> profit or getting the job done in the most efficient manner. Hence,
> don't reinvent the wheel when somebody else has already invested the
> time, money, and energy to create a product (Microsoft, Oracle, and
> ESRI come to mind) that performs the tasks you wish it to perform at
> an acceptable cost. Start-ups make this mistake much more often than need
be................
ESRI products do not, in my opinion, perform given their cost.. I would
never recommend them to anyone interested in making a profit, or getting the
job done. I certainly wouldn't use the word 'efficient' to describe any
aspect of a workflow involving ESRI products...
- bri
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Recursivity. Call back if it happens again.
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