
Microsoft has acceded to partners' requests to provide <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1782272,00.asp">more reasonable licensing options</A> for MapPoint, a mapping software product now being tweaked by some integrators to create custom logistics applications for enterprises and SMBs that run their own fleets of cars or trucks. Over the past few years, a number of Microsoft partners with logistics knowhow have been building new revenue streams by integrating Microsoft's mapping software with their own applications and either MapPoint Location Server or outside GPS.