"Perry E. Metzger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Stephan Lichtenauer writes:
> > I made some proposals for an engine-redesign I also posted in this
> > group and I am currently trying to make some kind of prototype in
> > CORBA IDL. Nevertheless I must admit that I am not very quick due to
> > little time. If you should have missed these mails I could resend
> > them to you including my current stubs. I would be very happy if we
> > could work together....
>
> Does Quicken have a CORBA or other similar interface? They are our
> primary competition.
No. Quicken (I mean a *personal* finance manager) doesn't have any
network support except for data exchange with on-line financial
institutions, where it uses proprietary protocols.
It is not much of a problem for Quicken, since it doesn't hit two
primary reasons for client-server design:
1. It is not multiuser by design.
2. It doesn't need multiple access ways (several GUIs, command line
etc).
A couple months ago I suggested sticking to the Quicken design. Now I
think I was wrong. Quicken is a single-user Windows application,
because it always used to be. In *our* case we have many people having
different preferences: some people feel KDE is good and stable enough
to stick to it, others are GNOME-oriented. Still, some people would
prefer using a command-line tool. All this can be achieved via a clear
client-server separation.
As for CORBA per se, I am not the most knowledgeable person over here.
To me, CORBA always meant "an ominously bloated piece of software
trying to solve too many problems to be used reliably in small- and
medium-scale projects". Maybe I am wrong...
--
Alexander L. Belikoff
Bloomberg L.P. / BFM Financial Research Ltd.
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