Stephen the Cook wrote: > > > >> This is *EXACTLY* why I don't like the idea of dumping desktop apps >> for Web applications when a desktop app would more than suffice. >> (And no, _Stephen, I'm not talking about sites like Amazon or UPS or >> FedEx. <g>) >> > > > I have to deal with installing an app to 500+ locations around the globe if > this prototype is accepted. How would you deploy an app that far with > desktop lockdowns? Create an install package and have them download and install it... How do they install the other 98% of the apps they still use that are still NON web based?
> Or would you go for a browser based system where you > have rights on the server? > What are the requirements of the app? What is it supposed to do? Will this require a server side setup ? Will all the users be connecting to the same server? Who is to say that the URL isn't locked down too? Did you develop the web based version to work across all browsers (standards based) or assume all users will use be forced to use IE ? man you would be surprised at how many FireFox installations I have seen out there..... Will you be using an all Microsoft solution? You haven't given anyone enough information to make an informed decision. For me this is a piss poor argument and one I am particularly tired of ;) It ranks right up there with "Why reinvent the wheel?" on my shit list. 8-) > > > Stephen Russell > DBA / .Net Developer > > Memphis TN 38115 > 901.246-0159 > > "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided > missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. > > http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** 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.
