Server 2016 Eval - Maps Services
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I'm curious if anyone is aware of any services that you'd need on your Server environment for "Downloaded Maps Manager"
I can't think of a single thing off hand where I need my server going and searching maps for me.
Now it likely has some usefulness, but what I just can't fathom. Anyone able to enlighten me with what this service is good for?
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Maybe if the application being served needed a part of the maps API? Dunno, that's the only thing that came to mind.
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They call it the priest service: MaaS.
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@Kelly What do you mean the Priest service?
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@DustinB3403 said
@Kelly What do you mean the Priest service?
Mass? Like Catholic Mass? Catholic priest?
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When you start the service, does it start to sound like a Queen song? "MAPS!!! A-aaaaaaaah!!!!!"
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@DustinB3403 said in Server 2016 Eval - Maps Services:
@Kelly What do you mean the Priest service?
@BRRABill got it. If you say it out loud it works better.
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You'd be surprised at how many GIS places I've worked for that would love that feature. Having said that, every place uses Google Maps. If I need something, I will install it and configure it or have them access something via the web. Don't start including services into the base install.
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As bad as it is to question if telemetry would be on a *#$&ing server (I thought things like the Maps service would be obvious... but I digress), I was genuinely questioning if Cortana would make an appearance in WS2016.
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@BBigford Cortana is not in TP5 version I have.
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@DustinB3403 said in Server 2016 Eval - Maps Services:
@BBigford Cortana is not in TP5 version I have.
Yeah I saw it was absent... I just meant I was really start to question if Microsoft was going to include it. I honestly wouldn't have been surprised. More mad than surprised.
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Did they get rid of Explorer and replace it with an over the top, tablet-ready file browser which hides most of the files and randomly selects which are most important? If not, can I patent this before Microsoft uses it?
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It's like they want their customers to stop buying and using Windows stuff.
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@tonyshowoff said in Server 2016 Eval - Maps Services:
Did they get rid of Explorer and replace it with an over the top, tablet-ready file browser which hides most of the files and randomly selects which are most important? If not, can I patent this before Microsoft uses it?
Too late.
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@scottalanmiller said in Server 2016 Eval - Maps Services:
@tonyshowoff said in Server 2016 Eval - Maps Services:
Did they get rid of Explorer and replace it with an over the top, tablet-ready file browser which hides most of the files and randomly selects which are most important? If not, can I patent this before Microsoft uses it?
Too late.
Thank god I use FreeBSD for the most part; I've had the same Openbox (before that Blackbox) config for 16 years, bashrc / bas_profile too.. even longer actually. I've long dreamed of some sort of Unix with native NT API implemented. I contributed some to ReactOS until those people went completely insane, years ago, and started being big babies about decompiling and also using leaked source code. I care more about what I want than goofy software concepts of "right and wrong", tbh.
