YES, finally, some rational discussion
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 6:48 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC < [email protected]> wrote: > On 6/20/2013 11:59 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013, at 04:29 PM, Ted Roche wrote: >> >> Yeah, what? Isn't this "remote desktop" that we've been using for a >>> decade >>> or so? >>> >> >> Looks similar to things like GraphOn Go-Global. Lower-cost alternative >> to TS/Citrix. As far as I can see it's all still multiple VFP instances >> running on a Windows server somewhere with the display presented in a >> browser. >> > > > I laugh about these kinds of things because the capability been around for > a long time and hence no need to rewrite in the latest language du jour. > You know what I mean...for years everything was "you need to rewrite that > in DotNet" or in Steve's case "write it for the browser instead." > > I just laugh when I see that it's still very possible to preserve the > initial VFP investment rather than recreate for the sake of recreating. > And now, with the ever increasing bandwidth available, these kinds of "old > tech" options are now very viable. > > Given that, I wonder which way would be best for end-user performance and > ongoing maintenance (realizing that they're mutually exclusive): RDP into a > Windows Server running these VFP apps or having something like Thierry > Nivelet's FoxInCloud running your app in a browser via interpreter? > > > > -- > Mike Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > President, Chief Software Architect > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 > > ______________________________**_________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/**listinfo/profox<http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox> > OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/** > listinfo/profoxtech <http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech> > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/**search/profox<http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox> > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/**byMID/profox/51C34E71.4010006@** > mbsoftwaresolutions.com<http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected]> > > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of > the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the > obvious. > > Report [OT] Abuse: http://leafe.com/reportAbuse/**51C34E71.4010006@** > mbsoftwaresolutions.com<http://leafe.com/reportAbuse/[email protected]> > -- Kind regards Sytze de Boer Kiss Software --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAG1nNy8=Y7=nFkpn5buzm90=t8yunff8blscahref+u5rnq...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
