At 09:10 AM 01/05/1999 -0500, Sam Kome wrote:
>I agree a free viewer is needed and remain mystified by MI's persistent
>insistence to make people pay for a viewer, despite repeated failure of
>these products on the market.
>
>The information needed to produce a MIF/MID2Tab is available from MI in the
>form of a DDK (or used to be). Some of us MI-Lers have it. I don't know
>if such a convertor would violate the license agreement. I think we need
>George Moon (MI technical lead) to weigh in.
BTW, George Moon is the Vice President of Engineering.
If you speak to anyone at MapInfo, they will tell you <sarcasm> what a
wonderful return on investment the ProViewer product has been.</sarcasm>
Actually, the impression that I formed from conversations was that only a few
(one?) big user of MapInfo wanted a cheap alternative to buying MI Pro's for
viewing. So they got one.
Steve Wallace
Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
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