While the interface and names of ArcMap 8.0 are similar to later versions of ArcGIS Desktop, they are different products. The release of the ArcMap constituted a major change in Esri's software offerings, aligning all their client and server products under one software architecture known as ArcGIS, developed using Microsoft Windows COM standards. This ArcMAP incorporating some of the functionality of ArcInfo with a more intuitive interface, as well as a file management application called ArcCatalog (v8.0). This pairing resulted in a new software suite called ArcGIS including the command-line ArcInfo workstation (v8.0) and a new graphical user interface application called ArcMap (v8.0). ArcGIS combined the visual user-interface aspect of ArcView GIS 3.x interface with some of the power from the Arc/INFO version 7.2 workstation. In late 1999, Esri released ArcMap 8.0, which ran on the Microsoft Windows operating system. In January 1997, Esri decided to revamp its GIS software platform, creating a single integrated software architecture. The various products had branched out into multiple source trees and did not integrate well with one another. Other Esri products included MapObjects, a programming library for developers, and ArcSDE as a relational database management system. Prior to the ArcGIS suite, Esri had focused its software development on the command line Arc/INFO workstation program and several Graphical User Interface-based products such as the ArcView GIS 3.x desktop program.
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