ArcGIS online, conservative advances?

The future is Network In the age Microsoft There is a live strategy, such ESRI , Or launched ArcGIS
Explorer, launched arcweb and current ArcGIS
Online, smaller people, such as Super Rabbit optimization software, are now operating rabbits know that the software is only a part. Then, the question is who can bet on all his belongings. The so-called paranoid will survive.

ArcGIS online is such a thing:

• Available 2D and 2D3D Data
• It can be used in ArcGIS Desktop
• Can be used to create your own applicationsProgram(Index data ?)
• Task (function)
• • Location search
  • Address match
  • Path Analysis

Functionally, these things are provided by APIs of VE and GMAP. For ESRI, probably one of them is a substitute for data that ArcGIS products have always provided along with the CD, A new path is also created.

For network-basedGIS The future is a little clearer, or the ArcGIS Server won't build a full-featured network GIS product.Open Source Opnelayer is also becoming increasingly popular. ESRI, in fact, rather than maintaining such a long product line, it is better to take the courage to come up With ArcView 3. the innovative spirit of the X age makes ArcGIS online a true ArcGIS online, rather than a replacement of data CDs.