"5. Not a penny wasted on legacy code. Surprisingly enough, many of the GIS applications running today were developed in the days when FORTRAN ruled the earth. Not only does legacy code cost vendors a lot to maintain, it costs users a fortune to operate. Running weird, nonstandard languages like AML or Avenue as your scripting languages costs a lot more than running Visual Basic as the scripting language: those costs pile up every step of the way from hiring people to finding someone who can train in "AML." The cost of maintaining legacy code will bust any budget. Manifold was developed from the ground up in modern C++ and takes advantage of current and future Microsoft strategies. Our scripting language from Day One has been any ActiveX Microsoft scripting language with Visual Basic scripting shipped by default. " Hmmmm.....? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
