Steve - The good old wish list returns. I believe it has value but I wish it was more effective. Mostly I would encourage all "wishers" to review both the Oracle 8i and MapInfo Xtream sites and think for a moment. There is a very, very large opportunity emerging there that is real. I wish I knew more about what the opportunity means beyond the technoid stuff as well as how to exploit it. http://www.oracle.com/database/options/spatial/index.html http://www.mapinfo.com/welcome/mi_oracle/index.html This alliance that John has pulled off is much larger than it first appears. My guts tell me that ESRI has no real answer in the short run for this design change. On the other hand our MapInfo community will be given these keys in June. Is SDO/SDE dead? Is Spatialware really the "next" step for our industry? How much can I buy an Oracle/MapX developer seat for? Maybe the Oracle is a better choice over Access? MidNight Mapper Steve Wallace wrote: > Well, I just committed a great deal of corporate cash to attend MapWorld > '99 since it is within driving distance again this year. About this time > two years ago, I facilitated the first MapInfo-L compiled, sorted and > prioritized list of fixes and enhancements. This list was personally > delivered to MapInfo executives and we even had a small "focus group" > session with key users and developers. The result was that in the next > interim release of MapInfo Pro, many of the top 20 items on the wish list > were addressed. > > The task took a non-trivial amount of time last year to compile the > requests, edit them, format & sort them, then run the survey for everyone > to prioritize the list. MapInfo was most impressed that the wish list was > "voted on." That fact showed them how many people were voicing opinions on > the software, as well as the obvious selection of what emphasis to place on > each one. > > Before I tackle the job again this year, I would like to know how many > people will participate in the _ranking_ process. > > PLEASE SEND ME A *** PRIVATE *** REPLY IF YOU WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WISH > LIST SURVEY. I know everyone will send in their comments and suggestions, > but we really need people to help with the evaluation. It will be an HTML > form like in '97, where you choose categories from "Need Urgently" through > "Don't Want It" and submit the answers. > > Thank you for your responses, but please watch your e-mail client to be > sure you do not reply to the list! > > Steve Wallace > GIS & Market Information Manager > Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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