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Autodesk Embracing Open Source

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fun-with-snowball-effects dept.

Seba writes to tell us that Autodesk appears to be embracing open source with the recent donation of their web mapping technology to the open source community. From the article: "A snapshot of the MapServer Enterprise source code is available today through the new MapServer Foundation, an independent non- profit organization with the mission of supporting and promoting open source web mapping. The foundation's charter members include MapServer Technical Steering Committee members, the University of Minnesota MapServer Project, the DM Solutions Group, and Autodesk."

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  1. Re:Cool by garcia · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No need to bash them or to compare their offer with gmaps...

    There has to be a standard to compare them with, no? I checked out some of the University of Minnesota's offerings using this tech. I don't know it they are pushing the limits but I'm certainly unimpressed compared to what people have been able to do using GMaps.

    To just shrug it off and say it doesn't need to be compared seems shortsighted to me.

  2. It's crap anyway by Hits_B · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No wonder they are giving it away. Autodesk does CAD very very well. It's foray into GIS with its AutoCAD Map was a half-assed attempt that resulted in a piece of crappy software that wasn't worthy of the 1's and 0's that were used to create it. Stick with what you know.