was down for several hours.
Dave is probably right in that if you want to do online training, that
Breeze is a good way to go.
But as you point out, there are limitations.
With the CFAnywhere concept, you could expand your training offerings
(delivery methods) to include downloadable courses and/or CD/DVD
resident courses.
The delivery of CFAnywhere-based courses is not limited by the
bandwidth of your internet connection, Breeze's internet connection, or
network traffic/congestion. Because of this, your materials could have
higher-quality A/V images than is practical on line
And, the users could take the courses if the site was down or the
internet was not accessible (11-hour flight to Japan).
If the courses run on the desktop, they can have access to the printer
(as you mention) plus be expanded to include things like interactive
testing, drill and practice, student progress monitoring, etc. that may
not be practical online.
The course delivered on the desktop would be a different animal that
the course delivered online.
AFAIKT, the biggest limitation to the CFAnywhere approach is that
(currently) there is a high cost and redistribution limitation for the
CFML component.
NewAtlanta has publicly expressed a willingness to work with anybody
who wants to find creative ways of packaging/redistributing BlueDragon
-- I suspect that Macromedia would do the same for ColdFusion MX if the
demand warrants.
NA or MM could sell you a single redistro license that would fanout to
thousands (or more) CFML engines delivered this way -- thousands of
installs, but only 1 customer (you) to support.
The "training" app is only one (but a big one) class of applications
that could benefit from a high-volume, low-cost, redistributable CFML
engine.
NA or MM would need to do nothing to change their CFML engine -- the
limited-IP trial version works fine.
It boils down to a pricing/licensing/redistro issue.
It may sound trite, but "everybody wins" -- the CFML Engine maker, the
app maker, the user.
Dick
On Jun 18, 2004, at 2:25 AM, Kola Oyedeji wrote:
> Also how portable is it? Its always annoyed me that it doesnt have the
> print capabilites that powerpoint has and that you can't simply
> download
> a presenatation
>
>
> Kola
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 17 June 2004 20:47
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Musings CFAnywhere, Bandwidth, RIAs Part 1
>
> > > > Why can't Hal's site have a richer UI -- think of it
> > > > -- Hal's voice, explaining the animated preso?
> > >
> > > There's already a great answer for this, though -
> > > Macromedia Breeze. It's a really good product for this
> > > sort of thing, and it makes building presentations very
> > > easy.
> >
> > Isn't it a little pricey for most users?
>
> It's well worth the price, if you want to publish training materials
> online.
> Yes, it's pricey, but I suspect it's cheaper than building your own
> infrastructure to do the same thing.
>
> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
> http://www.figleaf.com/
> phone: 202-797-5496
> fax: 202-797-5444
> ��_____
>
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