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PawPaw_n_Gram
Sep 03, 2016Explorer
Somewhere on this forum is a thread about Microsoft ending new versions of Streets & Trips.
Some said that Delorme Street Atlas would never suffer such a fate.
I'm sorry to see either ending, but the sad truth is the number of us who want that level of flexibility, capability, is pretty small. Too small to support a multi-million dollar updating of the software every couple years. The real death of the programs was the decreasing number of corporations that saw the need for the software. That's what kept them in business for a long time.
More and more people are tied to the web, and don't see any need to have detailed maps or to know their entire route before starting down the road in a 40-60 foot long rig with potential clearance issues.
Some said that Delorme Street Atlas would never suffer such a fate.
I'm sorry to see either ending, but the sad truth is the number of us who want that level of flexibility, capability, is pretty small. Too small to support a multi-million dollar updating of the software every couple years. The real death of the programs was the decreasing number of corporations that saw the need for the software. That's what kept them in business for a long time.
More and more people are tied to the web, and don't see any need to have detailed maps or to know their entire route before starting down the road in a 40-60 foot long rig with potential clearance issues.
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