I think all the speculation is based off of the fact that it's an exciting product concept. Apollo will/could create a diverse set of new opportunities for us all. The x features we request multiply those opportunities significantly.
Many users are still disconnected. Nomad users are still common place. Most sales people are getting out o the road in order to create opportunities as opposed to staying in the office. Few rural areas are 100% covered by high speed (wifi,gprs,gsm,3G) access. The concept of disconnected apps is becoming more and more intriguing for business and the demands for such apps more and more numerous. The prospect of using an embedded db like sqlite(open source, cross platform dll) to store data, Apollo being able to natively exploit that data directly on the client when disconnected, and update the central data store when connected; is one simple but enormous opportunity. However if we can't talk to the dll from Apollo directly we need to create a proxy exe to do it. This introduces more code to create, maintain, and distribute. I'm seriously hoping that Apollo is not just for partially disconnected applications. jason -----Message d'origine----- De : [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] la part de Jeffry Houser Envoye : samedi 3 fevrier 2007 17:15 A : [email protected] Objet : Re: [flexcoders] Apollo features It seems to me there is a lot of speculation about Apollo, based on very little actual knowledge. All this speculation of "Apollo must have x feature" seems premature. I don't Grok Apollo and don't expect to until there is an actual product available or some documentation to read. Why would I want to deploy a web app to the desktop? The concept of partially connected applications was intriguing 10+ years ago, when you were only connected in the office. Lotus Notes already implemented the partially connected app thing wonderfully. These days the only time you aren't connected is on an airplane. Is Apollo = partially connected apps? I don't know, but that's my best interpretation to date. Is Apollo something beyond partially connected apps? I have no idea. All that said, maybe this thread should move over to the ApolloCoders list. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/apollocoders/ -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Podcast: <http://www.theflexshow.com> My Blog: <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com>
