I should add that access to remote databases will be at a constant speed
no matter what. All the local logic on the client in the world is not
going to get data from a remote database any faster. Caching is no
doubt the answer, and that's where the local Apache server comes in.
John
"John S. Gage" wrote:
>
> Referring back to something Brian said earlier, let us suppose that
> update times are killing you over the web using Apache and HTML. Well,
> they don't need to. Updates can be instantaneous and you can have
> infinite bandwidth instantaneously through the simple expedient of
> bringing the server to you. Start your own intranet on your own
> commodity cheap machines and, voila, Apache/HTML works! N'est-ce pas?
> As Brian said, that's the beauty of open source, you can use industrial
> strength tools to do the tiniest task, because they're free.
