Also also - do ESRI still include the 'boxes' the software runs on in their turnover figures? Forgive me if I misunderstood this - they would often sell the workstations/servers to support the operation of the software, which is fair enough but in this context (direct SOFTWARE comparisons) perhaps a bit misleading. I'd love to have this explained and sorry if I am wrong.
What about partners, who represent half (?) of MI sales? I don't want to gripe too much since I'm working with ESRI more nowadays but they have no compunction in tweaking MY nose over my MI past. And half of them seem to have worked at the OS with me which makes it worse :-) Paul Crisp Syntegra Innovation Place Delta Bank Road Newcastle NE11 9DJ Tel 0191 461 4522 Fax 0191 460 1987 -----Original Message----- From: Rich Morris [mailto:rich_morris@;eli.net] Sent: 15 November 2002 16:05 To: MapInfo-L Subject: Re: MI-L GIS Company Market Share I have a question though. With Esri being overpriced, and under functional for the cost, Market revenue is kind of a misleading research point. How about money earned per software seat? How about seats sold period? What about cost per seat vs. income generated? I know this comes from a biased source (a MapInfo user working for a "for profit" company) but can't we look at indicators that mean more to either the users or the people who receive the services, rather than the posturing of the companies? rm Bill Thoen wrote: > >From time to time, people here ask for numbers on the players in > the GIS market. Today's GIS Monitor has the numbers from > Daratech's newest study (see DARATECH RELEASES 2001 GIS > MARKETSHARE NUMBERS > http://www.gismonitor.com/news/newsletter/archive/111402.php#Daratech > for more details). Here's the standings: > > COMPANY 2001 2000 > ESRI 35 36 > Intergraph 13 16 > GE Network Solutions 7 7 > Autodesk 7 6 > Leica Geosystems (ERDAS) 6 2 > MapInfo 6 6 > IBM 5 2 > SICAD 5 6 > Logica 3 3 > Other 14 11 > GeoGraphix 3 > Enghouse 2 > > I suspect there's some rounding error here or there was more than > 100% of the 2001 market to go around. (I wonder who got it?) > > -- > - Bill Thoen > ------------------------------------------------------------ > GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 > tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 > mailto:bthoen@;gisnet.com, 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: 4089 ******************************************************************** 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 ********************************************************************
