Привожу цитату из английской википедии статьи "ESRI". 1 и 2 глава - это просто шедевр. Ниже цитата статьи "autodesk". Я думаю после этого утверждение о вреде акционерной формы можно считать закрытой
ESRI
ESRI was founded as Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969 as a privately held consulting firm that specialized in land use analysis projects. The worldwide headquarters of ESRI are anchored in a multicampus environment in Redlands, California.With annual sales of more than $560 million, ESRI remains the world leader in the Geographic Information System (GIS) software industry. Their business involves the development and support of GIS software, with customers including small businesses, large corporations, and governments at all levels.ESRI has offices throughout the United States; a business partner program with more than 2,000 developers, consultants, resellers, and data providers [3]; and a network of more than 75 international distributors with more than a million users [4] in more than 200 countries.
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1 Ownership
2 Pronunciation of company name
3 Products
3.1 Desktop GIS
3.2 Server GIS
3.3 Developer GIS
3.4 Mobile GIS
3.5 GIS web services
3.6 Lightweight viewers
4 Primary Competitors
5 External links
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Ownership
Main article: Jack Dangermond
Jack Dangermond is the founder and current president of ESRI. Promotional and marketing copy for the company prominently mentions the company remains privately-held and is one of the largest privately held software companies. The ownership of the company is often more stressed than the history of the company or their current product line.
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Pronunciation of company name
According to the company, ESRI is not pronounced as a word (es-ri) but as distinct letters (ee, ess, aar, I) similar to IBM, SAP and other software companies with an acronym based name. It is thought within the GIS circles, and even joked about that 'older' users prefer E-S-R-I, while novice users use the 'ehseri' pronunciation (the joke is that it's due to ignorance). Employees of ESRI still pronounce the name in both fashions (typically depending on the audience), however, it is preferred that they refer to the company as E-S-R-I.
autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), a design software and digital content company, was founded by John Walker and 12 other co-founders in 1982. Over its history, it has had various locations in Marin County, California. It is currently headquartered in San Rafael, California.
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1 Organization
2 Portfolio
3 History
4 Revit
5 External links
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Organization
Autodesk is organized into two segments: the Design Solutions Group and Autodesk Media and Entertainment division. The Design Solutions Group (DSG) encompasses Autodesk's core competency of design technology applications while MED provides media and entertainment solutions.
The Design Solutions Segment is divided into five industry-specific business divisions: the Platform Technology Division (PTD), the Manufacturing Solutions Division (MSD), the Infrastructure Solutions Division (ISD), the Building Solutions Division (BSD) and Other, which includes Autodesk Collaboration Services and Autodesk Consulting.
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Portfolio
A screenshot of AutoCAD, Autodesk's flagship.
The principal product offerings from the Design Solutions Segment are described below:
The Platform Technology Division develops and manages Autodesk's flagship product, AutoCAD, and AutoCAD LT.
The Manufacturing Solutions Division develops and manages Autodesk Inventor Series, Autodesk Inventor Professional, AutoCAD Mechanical and Autodesk Vault.
The Infrastructure Solutions Division develops and manages Autodesk Map 3D, Autodesk Land Desktop, Autodesk Civil3D, Autodesk MapGuide, MapServer Enterprise and the line of Topobase products.
The Building Solutions Division develops and manages Autodesk Architectural Desktop and Autodesk Revit.
The principal product offerings from the Media and Entertainment Division are 3ds max, flame, inferno, smoke, toxik and lustre.
Other products include Autosketch, Autodesk Subscription Program and Autodesk LocationLogic.
