On 1/10/02 6:26 AM, "Danny Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not necessarily true, I've worked on applications where a servers ability to > dynamically create M$ documents is a cool feature, imagine a servelet which > returned an xls workbook reporting on data from an ODBC datasource (maybe > sales figures or contact details), people in M$ centered offices lap that > up, particularly if it can include VBS macros providing an update path and > other client-server features. > There you have a client's (admitedly simple) route into a non M$ environment > which doesn't frighten the children or use ODBC or any non M$ application on > the client side. > d. Of course there are uses. I misspoke - what I kept meaning was 'not-only-on-the-server' when I said 'clientside'. Indeed, POI would have important uses on the server. > >> "Geir Magnusson Jr." wrote: >> >> Sure, but the flip side of that is it's really more of a >> client-ish tool, as >> from what I gather it's focus is desktop-software documents (MSFT). >> >> Important, and rather cool that someone did it, but not strictly >> serverside. Of course, Jakarta isn't strictly server-side either. >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "He who throws mud only loses ground." - Fat Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
