Users of Arcview 3.3, albeit a rather old technology is
well distributed by many institutions.
This is a kind of container, as the Arcview. apr or the ArcGIS. mxd.
If we measure Mapinfo against Arcview 9x(without extensions),
both will go to penalty kicks, and Mapinfo wins in terms of functionality.
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So in this scenario,
MapInfo appears as a solution a little cheaper than Arcview, with more friendly-looking because it looks like Windows
but with versions for both Macintosh and UNIX.
Things that Arcview 2.1 did not do as the contours creation,
that with the MapInfo Vertical Mapper integration could do, and only Arc/ Info was driving but we know at what cost(between $ 10.000 and $ 20.000).
Then, MapInfo at that time was a great
alternative to the problem's tyranny that was represented by Arcview 2 x,
which continued the battle up to 3x and then appeared a mental gap that few recall about its matter.
I understand that when Arcview 3x existed, it was not possible to implement
vector construction tools with topology management, but at this stage, I don't understand why we don't have GIS tools that only do what the CAD(30 things).
MapInfo arises in the 80's to
compete from a partnership with Microsoft against the two extremes that meant Arcview and Workstation Arc/ Info,
both from the UNIX environment, one simpler than despicable, and the other extremely astral as it will always be considered.
As users coming from Arcview 3x and Microstation J, they
were interested in knowing how easy it is to implement a spatial database, I showed them how the ESRI ArcCatalog worked, and they ask basic questions about why it was necessary ArcSDE and what the difference between ArcIMS and GIS Server was.