---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:17:30 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Microsoft getting more GIS holdings! Looks like they're at it again! Here's some more info: Today's featured stories at SpatialNews can be found at http://www.spatialnews.com/dailynews/today/index.html ~ RAINBANDS OF FLOYD AFFECTING THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST... ~ Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Visio as Part of Mission To Increase Productivity for Businesses ~ Autodesk Releases Mechanical Desktop 4 and Mechanical Desktop 4 Power Pack Software ~ John Dougherty Appointed Vice President, Chief Architect, At Claritas ~ Enghouse Systems Limited announces acquisition of Tellus from ConneXt ~ Nouwen Appointed Director Of Worldwide Product And Release Planning ~ U.S. Navy Picks SGI Supercomputers for Daily Weather, Ocean Forecasts ~ New Assessment of the Nation's Biological Resources to be Presented ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glenn Letham, Senior Editor http://www.GeoComm.com - The Geocommunity http://www.SpatialNews.com - "Daily GIS Industry News" http://search.geocomm.com - "GIS specific" Web Search Engine http://www.gisdatadepot.com - "Over a Terabyte of Free Data!" [log in to unmask] (850)897-0110 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~