What’s the difference between the commercial and open source versions?
Both versions share most of the core functionality. The open source version benefits from the general characteristics of collaborative software development: multiple contributors, faster innovation, and low cost of ownership. The commercial version offers the following added value: • Additional quality assurance—Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise is the quality-assured version of the open source software and has been subjected to commercial test engineering processes by Autodesk. • Formal support—Organizations hosting mission-critical applications need more support than an open source community can typically offer. These organizations can choose from different levels of support offered by Autodesk. • Connectivity to Oracle® and SQL Server Databases—Organizations using commercial-grade database systems will benefit from robust access to their data stores. • Third-party components—Add-ons such as the Mentor coordinate system make application development easier and give users greater compatibil
