Deere & Co., Moline, Ill., has pulled the plug on its VantagePoint Network Members Site.Deere & Co., Moline Moline (mōlēn`), city (1990 pop. 43,202), Rock Island co., NW Ill., on the Mississippi River, in a coal area; inc. 1848. It is a transportation and industrial center, and has been a major producer of farm machinery since the industrialist John , Ill., has pulled the plug on its VantagePoint Network Members Site, an Internet-based service that allowed farmers to track crop data collected from their fields, some of it through Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. equipment. Deere decided to decommission de·com·mis·sion tr.v. de·com·mis·sioned, de·com·mis·sion·ing, de·com·mis·sions To withdraw (a ship, for example) from active service. the site "as part of its reformulation of e-business activities," the company said in a statement posted on the VantagePoint.com home page. |
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