← Back to context Comment by tomrod 2 days ago This is horrible! 4 comments tomrod Reply jiggawatts 1 day ago It's sadly the norm for monopolistic industry-specific software. You see the same lack of due diligence in SCADA software and the like. philipallstar 1 day ago How is it monopolistic? jiggawatts 12 hours ago ArcGIS has essentially no competition in their industry and market. The open source alternatives are not as fully featured, etc…It’s roughly the same story as with MS Office vs its alternatives. They exist, but 99% of enterprises will use only the Microsoft suite. 1 reply →
jiggawatts 1 day ago It's sadly the norm for monopolistic industry-specific software. You see the same lack of due diligence in SCADA software and the like. philipallstar 1 day ago How is it monopolistic? jiggawatts 12 hours ago ArcGIS has essentially no competition in their industry and market. The open source alternatives are not as fully featured, etc…It’s roughly the same story as with MS Office vs its alternatives. They exist, but 99% of enterprises will use only the Microsoft suite. 1 reply →
philipallstar 1 day ago How is it monopolistic? jiggawatts 12 hours ago ArcGIS has essentially no competition in their industry and market. The open source alternatives are not as fully featured, etc…It’s roughly the same story as with MS Office vs its alternatives. They exist, but 99% of enterprises will use only the Microsoft suite. 1 reply →
jiggawatts 12 hours ago ArcGIS has essentially no competition in their industry and market. The open source alternatives are not as fully featured, etc…It’s roughly the same story as with MS Office vs its alternatives. They exist, but 99% of enterprises will use only the Microsoft suite. 1 reply →
It's sadly the norm for monopolistic industry-specific software. You see the same lack of due diligence in SCADA software and the like.
How is it monopolistic?
ArcGIS has essentially no competition in their industry and market. The open source alternatives are not as fully featured, etc…
It’s roughly the same story as with MS Office vs its alternatives. They exist, but 99% of enterprises will use only the Microsoft suite.
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