Saw this go over the AkeView "public" list and just had to share it... MidNight Mapper aka Neil ************* R Harris wrote: ESRI's pricing structure for extensions and upgrades are one of the most confusing and closely guarded strategies of ESRI. Real marketing wizardry. Matter of fact some should make a wizard helper to calculate the total cost of investing in ESRI products and support. Let's see $1200 for AV plus $700 annual maintenance, $2500 for Spatial analyst plus $1200 annual maintenance. $395 for AV upgrade. Congratulations, on spending $6000 on a product over the first two years. This is a pricing structure designed to hide the true cost of ESRI GIS. Other products are better, cheaper and more functional. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
