Talk:MapInfo

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Contents 1 Editing out P.R. bloviation 2 Article rewrite 3 Not in Troy 4 Where did it go?

[edit] Editing out P.R. bloviation

The article was pure P.R. -- lots of words and phrases that added bulk but no meaning to the whole. I fear that this article will become part of an edit war with the original writer (or company flacks). If that's you (and you're reading this :) ), please read this section before editing. (For the record, I was a journalist for four years and a P.R. executive for another four. I sympathise. But this is Wikipedia.) --tgeller 18:38, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Article rewrite

I just completley rewrote this article, removing all the advertising and just providing the basic facts. I also removed the {{advertisement}} template. -Aude (talk | contribs) 03:57, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not in Troy

As has been discused elsewhere on wikipedia, MapInfo is not in Troy. The company's headquarters is several miles south of the city, in North Greenbush. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.195.201.47 (talk) 02:49, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where did it go?

Maybe it should say what product it became: "inspiration for the Microsoft MapPoint program, which became a separate product from Microsoft, and since that Microsoft Map was dropped." -- SEWilco (talk) 21:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)