Comments on: Mapserver Enterprise vs Mapserver Cheetah http://karelcech.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/mapserver-enterprise-vs-mapserver-cheetah/ FREE GIS EXPERIENCE BLOG Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Robert Bray http://karelcech.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/mapserver-enterprise-vs-mapserver-cheetah/#comment-7 Robert Bray Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:17:25 +0000 http://karelcech.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/mapserver-enterprise-vs-mapserver-cheetah/#comment-7 For the record, Autodesk did not invent the name MapServer Cheetah. That name came from and was promoted by a member of the MapServer community. Autodesk also quickly responded to the communities concern over the naming MapServer Enterprise, changing the name within a very short period of time to MapGuide Open Source. Now as for terminology MapServer is a very generic term. What is MapServer? A map server. What is MapGuide? A map server. What is GeoServer? A map server. At their core all of these things are map servers. They each have their strengths and weaknesses, and to some degree a different focus. However you can see how it is easy to call any of these projects a map server. That said Autodesk does not promote or condone the use of the name MapServer Enterprise. For the record, Autodesk did not invent the name MapServer Cheetah. That name came from and was promoted by a member of the MapServer community. Autodesk also quickly responded to the communities concern over the naming MapServer Enterprise, changing the name within a very short period of time to MapGuide Open Source.

Now as for terminology MapServer is a very generic term. What is MapServer? A map server. What is MapGuide? A map server. What is GeoServer? A map server.

At their core all of these things are map servers. They each have their strengths and weaknesses, and to some degree a different focus. However you can see how it is easy to call any of these projects a map server. That said Autodesk does not promote or condone the use of the name MapServer Enterprise.

]]> By: Random Nodes » Who writes history?: Jason Birch's geospatial ramblings http://karelcech.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/mapserver-enterprise-vs-mapserver-cheetah/#comment-6 Random Nodes » Who writes history?: Jason Birch's geospatial ramblings Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:27:49 +0000 http://karelcech.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/mapserver-enterprise-vs-mapserver-cheetah/#comment-6 [...] the MapServer community. I thought that this had all been worked out, but Karel Cech just posted a semi-informed rant on the subject and brought it up [...] [...] the MapServer community. I thought that this had all been worked out, but Karel Cech just posted a semi-informed rant on the subject and brought it up [...]

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