[Geowanking] Fwd: Microsoft soliciting input on MapPoint pricing

[Allan Doyle]

What exactly is it that the MapPoint web service provides that can't
be done now or in the not-so-distant future with Free or Open Source
software? Sure, they have access to the data. That's the easy
answer. But what are the features, in summary form, that you get from
MapPoint?

	Allan

On Wednesday, March 03 2004 at 12:20:36(-0800) Rich Gibson wrote:
 > We chatted with the MapPoint guy after the collaborative mapping workshop.
 > I kept pushing him to have a low volume free model.  My argument was the
 > obvious one that they want to get us all hooked on free data for our
 > little projects, and then when we get big enough to be worth something
 > they can realize revenue.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Tim O'Reilly wrote:
 > 
 > > Thought you guys might find this interesting.
 > >
 > > Begin forwarded message:
 > >
 > > > From: Brian Jepson <bjepson at oreilly.com>
 > > > Date: March 3, 2004 10:40:46 AM PST
 > > > To: editors <editors at oreilly.com>
 > > > Subject: Microsoft soliciting input on MapPoint pricing
 > > >
 > > > I think they must be reading our email...
 > > >
 > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/cthota/archive/2004/03/03/83328.aspx
 > > >
 > > > "A couple of posts ago, I got a lot of feedback regarding the MapPoint
 > > > Web Service pricing and how prohibitive it is right now for some
 > > > enterprises and developers. So to explore the idea of “low priced
 > > > licensing” model, I would like to know more about what you really have
 > > > on your mind. Here are some specific questions..."
 > > >