Evan MacDougall wrote: >...Our company chose to use MapInfo because of some partnerships we had. Now, 4 or 5 >years later, and after all the people who made that decision have left the company, I >am supposed to be able to say why. So, that leads to my question (2 parts) below. > > Why would I want to use MapInfo rather than ArcInfo? And the second part of >that questions is, why would I have chosen to use MapInfo over ArcInfo 4 or 5 years >ago?
1. MapInfo is easier to use, it costs less, it's more powerful, works better in Windows, and because God kills a kitten every time somebody buys another copy of ArcView... 2. You answered this yourself ...because of some partnerships your company had... But seriously, when evaluating products, draw up your own list of what you want it to do, and then go ask vendors of each to explain to you how their product does (or doesn't do) what you want. Don't forget to include the costs of retraining, legacy data conversion, software rebuild, etc. if you switch... as well as the costs of acquiring, assimilating and translating the new data you'll using an developing. -- - Bill Thoen ------------------------------------------------------------ GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.gisnet.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2827
