Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ADSK and the MapServer Foundation - tying the threads together

[Gary Lang]

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Ethan,   When we are done with MSE, and we said we are not done, it will have a Java layer, a .NET layer, and a PHP layer (the default). I’m sorry if we confused you.   Cheetah was not our idea; I was told this had been kicking around for a while – like 2 or 3 years.   Regards,   Gary   From: Ethan Alpert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:09 PM To: Gary Lang; MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ADSK and the MapServer Foundation - tying the threads together     You're missing my point...MSE is not Mapserver and dosn't have the capabilities of Mapserver and therefore should not be called Mapserver Enterprise. The name Mapserver Enterprise to me initially implied you had written a j2ee layer for Mapserver. Clearly this is not the case and I question why have your product called Mapserver when they are apples and oranges. And why force the *real* Mapserver to be called "Mapserver Cheetah"? This makes no sense and wil completely confuse and dialute the Mapserver brand.   -e -----Original Message----- From: Gary Lang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:39 PM To: Ethan Alpert; MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ADSK and the MapServer Foundation - tying the threads together The “enterprise” moniker idea came from a MS person, but we sell to enterprise customers today with even less OGC support than we have in MSE. Since we sell to them today a product with less of these features it didn’t seem too presumptuous.   It would be interesting to see a gap analysis. My boss is on the OGC board, and they seem happy with our progress in this area.   In the rush to do all this by our AU event here in Orlando, many shortcuts were taken, including with documentation. Sorry about that. The first official release of the open source code will take place in January, and it should be better by then.   Gary    From: Ethan Alpert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:33 PM To: Gary Lang; MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ADSK and the MapServer Foundation - tying the threads together I'm curious why you want to call your product Mapserver Enterprise when it clearly doesn't have near the level of functionality that the *real* Mapserver has? Could you answer this please? No OGC support, for example, which is core to other "Enterprise" mapping applications. I'm not finding adaquate documentation of features online but MSE doesn't look like it provides much of the functionality commonly associated with the Mapserver brand.   -e -----Original Message----- From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Lang Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:13 PM To: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ADSK and the MapServer Foundation - tying the threads together Folks,   I want to answer questions and continue to try to learn what the concerns are. I thought I’d sit down and write a longer mail about