BusinessMAP: Advanced Database Mapping and Territory Design Review

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(More customer reviews)I have never written a review of any product -- but BusinessMap is so poor that I am inclined to say something.
I am reviewing BusinessMap right now before making a decision to buy or not -- I will not be buying it.
The user interface on this product is like a product you will buy 10 years ago -- ESRI has failed dismally to upgrade the usability of this product - I just don't get how they can charge $350 for a poorly designed product - e.g., when one zooms in at the "street level" - they give you the main street numbers like 828 instead of the actual name of the street.
Moving around a map is so fustrating - it is not even remotely intuitive. They only allow you limited zoom in/out - e.g., there are fixed zoom levels and no slider bar to quickly go in/out.
Their support leaves a lot to be desired as well. You would have thought that their support people will know level 1 knowledge about the product. However, they cannot give you a straight answer.
The 1 positive about this product is the data under the map of businesses.
Overall - this product should be avoided.

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SQL Server 2008, Developer Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)Microsoft has done a clever thing with their Developer tools: they've recognized that it's more important to make it easy to put the product in the hands of someone who'll learn from it than it is to make huge sweeping profits off of every buyer. SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition provides all that a developer will need to learn and use SQL Server 2008: all that's missing here compared to the full Enterprise Edition are some of the Analytics tools and advanced features that, if you need them, you've already done all you need to do in this copy of the database, anyway (analytics is typically only critical to an Enterprise-level shop, who will most likely have full licensed server versions of SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition).
As a database technology, SQL Server 2008 has come into its own, finally being feature-rich enough and capable enough to be compared to Enterprise big-guns like Oracle. Microsoft are also nudging their way into SAP/Business Objects territory, making ancillary activities like Reporting and Transformations much easier to perform. The SQL Server 2008 interface is powerful, it is surprisingly easy to use, and installation and maintenance really do seem to be a breeze. You also get useful features like the SQL Server Books Online to help you learn, integration with Visual Studio to speed up your development time, and some surprisingly simple interfaces for doing powerful transforms/ETL like the Business Intelligence Development Studio.
If you're a developer, and you found downloading and installing the free version(s) of SQL Server 2008 to not meet your needs (or in my case, be fraught with problems), you can't argue with the price. This product works well to get you fairly far towards "guru", and can help teach old Database Dogs new tricks. :) You should be advised that this product is only intended for learning and working in a development environment and should NOT be used to deploy and/or support Production data or applications.

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