Erase Tool

[ChrisRumig]

Move the erase tool to an ArcView or ArcGIS Standard license.

Why does the Erase Tool require an ArcInfo or ArcGIS Advanced license other than it's a left over from the days of  Arc/Info Workstation??
Even a less powerful GIS like MapInfo allows users to run functions like erase without an upgraded license.

C'mon ESRI

[JessicaBonsell]

Agreed! I've had this issue at my workplace. A fellow GIS worker wanted to do exactly what the Erase tool does, so I went to ArcToolbox and discovered that I couldn't use the tool at all, simply because the computer didn't have an ArcInfo license (like mine has). We had to fix her problem in a round-a-bout sort of way when it could have been completed in five seconds!

[KeithDarby1]

I would like to see the erase tool that is in ArcMap to be used for users that have the standard license. I don't understand as to why you need the advanced license in order to use this tool. 

[WillAnderson]

Agreed. Esri, throw caution to the wind and make it available for those of us slumming it in Basic License land.