It really wouldn't surprise me in the least if MapInfo completely abandoned the desktop GIS market. They have been making strides in that direction for the past few years, and it is evident more than ever with the recent press releases touting their big money deals over their software. All the BG article did was confirm my suspicions. They really haven't done anything new with Professional since v4. The past two major releases (v5.0 and now v6.0 beta) are nothing more than patches or maintenance releases. Sure, they've added 3D maps and thematics, but it's all eye candy. MapInfo has done essentially nothing about anything of importance, such as improving their data editing tools or map production. You still can't do a simple thing such as split a line/pline without some manual work or writing your own tool. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
