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Dave's avatar

A little history... Before ArcGIS Online, it was ArcData Online (ADOL), ArcWeb Services (remember arcims?), and Geography Network. My career arc at Esri included all of them. Main focus was always providing web access to maps and data. Might depend how you define "cloud" to say which of the above was first.

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There's also something else that ESRI and their country subsidiaries do quite well regarding the community part. Patting on their clients backs. During the UCs hundred of awards are issued to their best clients, even for very entry level projects. Again, this enforces the slow moving organisations to keep the "good work", aka keeping loyal to the products. This, together with free licences and materials for education are, IMHO, their bigger marketing weapons.

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