Hi, of course it can be replaced! But there are a LOT of things to consider.<div><br><div>I think that the really tricky part is the 'cost of adoption' meaning time, training, some development to tackle missing features...</div>
<div><br></div><div>As Yurong said: It would be great of you can share your conclusions.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div>Luc<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:45 AM, "Yurong Tan (谭玉荣)" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tany@gisgo.com">tany@gisgo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I have heard similar reasoning along that line. Please share your results as some of us will be one day asked to do the same silly exercise. <br>
<br>-Yurong Tan<div><br></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Apr 4, 2011, at 6:23 PM, "Keith Sandell" <<a href="mailto:Keith.Sandell@citizensfla.com" target="_blank">Keith.Sandell@citizensfla.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey Shruggers,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My purchasing department is making me do a cost benefit
analysis of paying our annual maintenance to ESRI versus abandoning ESRI in
favor of some other GIS software, if there is such as thing.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are there any comparable GIS suites out there that have the
same, or greater, functionality as Desktop and Server 10?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And what is there cost to replace, and implement, 2 ArcInfo
concurrent use licenses, 1 ArcGIS Server Std Enterprise license and 1 EDN
license?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Silly exercise, but one I have to do nonetheless.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Keith
Sandell, MBA</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt">"If we are to
achieve results never before accomplished we must expect to employ methods
never before attempted." - Francis Bacon</span></i></p>
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