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Subject:    Re: [Wardriving] FW: AGPS 2.0 is here.
From:       "Michael Puchol" <mpuchol () sonar-security ! com>
Date:       2003-01-31 23:36:41
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Whoa! That's going to make life hell for a lot of companies developing AVL
systems which have turned to MapPoint for cheap maps. In the end, Microsoft
is going to loose in this - what's the point of having a mapping product
that costs a lot more than it's "consumer" grade one, but is so restricted
as to be useless for anything other than playing about? Why would the
consumer grade version have built-in navigation, and the commercial version
not? Or being able to represent moving vehicles on the map? Why should this
be different than representing static objects? The licensing departments of
some companies sound like they are on crack sometimes....

Cheers,

Mike




----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian A. Underwood" <agentgrn@dcne.net>
To: <wardriving@mailsrv.dis.org>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Wardriving] FW: AGPS 2.0 is here.


> CompSecGeek wrote:
> > I just heard from Chun-Li Pu (AGPS) that Microsoft will change the
> > MapPoint2003 End User License Agreement to ban in-car navigation usage
> > for MapPoint 2003 (will be released 2003 Q2).   Has anyone else heard
> > anything about this yet?
>
> I don't know which site I was reading, but I remember that some changes
were
> going to be made to the EULA for this.  From what I read, there is an
MP2k2
> application that exists which is designed for tracking the locations of
> multiple vehicles with one license of MP2k2, and it's making the people
who
> licensed the mapping technology to MS very unhappy.  Essentially, they
want a
> licensed copy of the software for each user, even the end units being
monitored.
>
> It's a greedy kind of BS if you ask me, but MP2k2 is generally a steal at
$250
> for the analysis it is capable of.  MP2k3 might be nice if they can make
the
> interface a little friendlier.
>
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