This email arrived my Inbox this morning.  With AND now on the block following the map data provider trend to sell, who's next?  What about the imagery suppliers?  I didn't think too much on it then, but at last May's Where 2.0 event, Jack Dangermond [ESRIs President who has seen it all] said "there are two sources for data - Microsoft and Google".  Funny, the map data providers are now doing everything in their power to ensure that statement doesn't come true.