ArcView was available as an option for EDN, but now ArcInfo and ArcEditor are now available (at added cost) to the EDN subscriber. I’m not sure at all why they never offered ArcInfo and ArcEditor as how the heck could a developer load data into ArcSDE without either license (beyond the command line tools).
What I’d like to see is a “EDN Universal” subscription where all ArcGIS Desktop licenses and extensions are included in addition to the server tools. That way any developer of desktop solutions can have access to the licenses. Of course this will cost more, but I think very helpful to the ESRI developer community.
Remus Lupin wants to develop ArcGIS Desktop applications
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harryp
// Jul 26, 2007 at 2:29 pm
love the picture of Lupin! just finished deatlhy hallows, and it is way more interesting than GIS.
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NoLove
// Jul 26, 2007 at 4:02 pm
If ESRI wants us all storing data in SDE then there should be no penalty to do so. How about the demise of an ArcSDE Edit license in general? I figure with the cost of Server it should be thrown in for good measure.
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hophop
// Jul 27, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Yeah, bummer that Lupin got blown away - but, then again, I never like warewolves to begin with
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Cellulose
// Jul 30, 2007 at 8:38 am
Looks like the EDN w/Desktop offers a wee-bit of a discount off the regular maintenance costs for Desktop.
The two big questions is if the EDN Desktop software can only be used for development (like the rest of EDN) or can it be used for production use as well? And, will EDN w/ArcInfo include a complimentary UC pass?
It may be worth the few extra $$ to get a regular, non-EDN version of ArcInfo.
Though, I’m sure a bunch of people will pocket the extra $$ and use EDN ArcInfo for production-use anyway…
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David E. Wright
// Jul 30, 2007 at 11:16 am
Cellulose;
The problem is if your are a independent developer looking to break into the market, you may not need a commercial Arc Desktop license to development and test against. So for 1500 you get your EDN, with SDE and Server, but have no way to put your test case data into the environment.
Right now a person like me needs EDN and the BP Bundle, for another 1500 to get both desktop and server development platforms.
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Cellulose
// Jul 30, 2007 at 11:29 am
David–
Excellent point… I was not trying to imply that everyone needs production licenses.
I just wanted to point out that there might be some cost advantage to sticking with the production license, depending on your needs…
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TedC
// Jul 31, 2007 at 10:43 am
Excellent idea James.
Furthermore, I would like to see Beta software distributed to EDN subscribers as well. We already sign agreements, so it should be just part of that agreement to get the betas.
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