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| Subject: | Re: FW: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World |
| Date: |
01/31/2005 01:55:01 AM |
| From: |
GISex* Technologies |
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ESRI India, Mumbai, Delhi offices addressess are listed on www.esri.com
any doubt? call me and see for your self. Check-it-out.
--
Krishan Sharma, Ph.D. (USA)
www.gisextechnologies.com
info@gisextechnologies.com
Mobile: 933-300-8409 & 0987-0129-4791
>
> Hello GIS community,
>
> I find this topic to be fascinating. As a US ESRI user that works for
> a non-profit focused on conservation issues and meeting the triple E
> bottom line, we would not be able to do all the GIS work that we do
> without products that were given to us by ESRI. This was done because
> of our status as a non-profit and our focus on conservation efforts. It
> was my understanding that this held true for international organizations
> with similar goals. It is important to understand that while ESRI
> obviously has a serious hold on the GIS market, at the very least they
> are conscientious enough to allow organizations that could not otherwise
> afford their software opportunities to use it. While I have my
> complaints (as do we all) I respect this in the organization. How many
> corporate entities can say the same?
>
> Anyway, that's my 2 cents before my morning coffee.
>
> Hope all are well!
>
> Analisa Noel Gunnell
> Chief Cartographer/GIS Analyst
> Ecotrust
> 721 NW Ninth Avenue, Suite 200
> Portland, Oregon 97209
> 503.467.0750
> analisa@ecotrust.org
>
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> www.ecotrust.org
> www.salmonnation.org
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> www.tidepool.org
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> "Every Animal Knows More than You Do."
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
> [mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf Of Gregory Yetman
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:08 AM
> To: gislist@lists.thinkburst.com
> Subject: Re: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World
>
> Hi,
>
> ESRI heavily discounts educational sales in the US as well (I'm not sure
> of the precise percentage). Besides, I think that ESRI sales outside of
> the US are by licensed resellers rather than from Redlands, so I don't
> know how much control ESRI US has over prices in other countries. The
> complaints that I've heard of talking to people have been that the ESRI
> software is much more expensive outside of the US.
>
> Greg
>
> Note: this is my opinion, not that of my employer.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gregory Yetman
> Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
> Columbia University
> URL: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/
> e-mail: gyetman (at) ciesin.columbia.edu
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Pat Waggaman wrote:
>
>> 90% is one serious discount, submerged invisibly behind the flaming
> banner
>> of "educational technology transfer."
>>
>> Sounds like an interesting variant on "dumping" to me e.g. the sale in
>> offshore markets of items, defined as "underpriced" because the
> "dumping
>> market price" does not reflect the pricing predominant in the
> producers
>> domestic market.
>>
>> Only thing is that the usual complaint bringers to the WTO do not
> exist,
>> they would be ESRI competitors in India. The aggrieved parties are
> those
>> who pay full price in the US to subsidize their offshore competition.
>>
>> As - happily - not an ESRI shop, doesn't make any difference to me:
> but it
>> would seem appropriate for influential ESRI customers to raise holy
> hell:
>> "first ESRI exacts extraordinary rents from customers - me - then uses
> that
>> surplus to subsidize the competition."
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Pat Waggaman
>>
>> At 09:29 28-01-2005, gisisndia wrote:
>> >pl let me know whom to contact for getting ESRI products at 10%. Who
> are
>> >eligible to get at such price.
>> >Thanks
>> >
>> >Kiran
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: GISex* Technologies <gisex@dacafe.com>
>> >To: <hvp@regiononepdc.org>
>> >Cc: <gislist@lists.geocomm.com>
>> >Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:49 AM
>> >Subject: Re: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World
>> >
>> >
>> > > In India so many such GIS schools are establsihed with the help of
> ESRI
>> > > t
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