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I'm getting my 1993 budget ready (yes, we do it early in these parts of the
woords), and I've had an end-run done around me.

Our salesman has presented Mapper, and Designer Workbench, to some of my
executive management and they like it. Now, as I'm sure many of you are
aware, it isn't cheap.

On our A15, ETP for Mapper itself is US$86,078; with DMS-View being around
US$25K, and LINC-View about $24K. We already have LCW for our CP-2000's on
order, so high-speed data-transmission isn't a major concern.

What I want to know is, is it worth it? Personal opinions aside (mine are not
very positive on products like this); was it implemented well? Does it give
benefit to the user community? Can they use this without Designer Workbench
reasonably?

Any and all comments are invited, but please note that I'm asking about
A-Series Mapper, and not Mapper in general.

Personal e-mail to here (mbs@Turing.ORG), or to mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us 
(preferred).
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