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ArcIMS Goes Out With a Whimper
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on Monday March 17, @03:19PM
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The Fuzzy Tolerance blog notes a pretty interesting, but unofficial observation. From their summary : "If you’ve got people on ArcIMS projects, it’s probably time to bail if it’s early or say “that and no more” and stop investing time and money in it. If you’re an ESRI-only shop, snuggle up with a dozen or so ArcObjects diagrams and a box of tissues. If not, there are a lot of great open source solutions you can try. But either way, every dollar you spend today on an ArcIMS project will mean two dollars spent in a year or so converting it to something else."
This information comes from observations noticed at the ESRI developer summit this year. Head on over to the Fuzzy Tolerance blog to get an in depth report about these observations.
This information comes from observations noticed at the ESRI developer summit this year. Head on over to the Fuzzy Tolerance blog to get an in depth report about these observations.
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