It sort of is (a sneaky advert). Maptitude has a very small installed user base. The more people I can convince to buy it, the more likely they are to continue to improve the product, right? Other than that we're just paying customers. If you are *really* curious, you can search for posts from years prior under my old email address: jwa at carol dot net.
As far as why I'm here: old habits are hard to break I suppose. We bought into MapInfo at v1.0 and stayed with it through 4.02. I keep watching, mainly out of curiosity, to see if they put something into the product that would make it worth going back to. I also enjoy some of the discussion about topics that are only sort of related to mapinfo, like GPS, Plotters, and data conversion. There are a bunch of really smart people here. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: CRISP, Paul -Syntegra UK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo > > > Anyone else think this one sounds a bit like a sneaky advert? > > If nobody is using MapInfo and its not installed anywhere - why are you > still on the list? > > Just a Friday sort of thought .... > > Paul Crisp > > Syntegra > Innovation Place Delta Bank Road Newcastle NE11 9DJ > Tel 0191 461 4522 Fax 0191 460 1987 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JW & A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 05 September 2002 20:12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo > > > > > > 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... > > > > > Everyone seems to be reading too much into this. The answer to both > questions is likely the same! > > Someone chose Mapinfo 5 years ago because that's what they were using. > Evan's company should probably continue to use MI today because they know > how to use it. > > Our firm has largely stopped using Mapinfo (I'm not even sure if it is > installed anywhere right now) because Maptitude (www.caliper.com) > does most > of what we want faster, easier, and cheaper, and the output looks an order > of magnitude better. The balance of what I used to use Mapinfo > for gets done > in Photoshop and Illustrator. In our business, it's only interesting if I > can print it, and the better it looks, the more interesting it becomes. > > Bob > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 2868 > > > ******************************************************************** > > This email may contain information which is privileged or > confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this > email, please notify the sender immediately and delete it without > reading, copying, storing, forwarding or disclosing its contents > to any other person > Thank you > > Check us out at http://www.syntegra.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: 2889
