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Subject: Re: [NF] T or F, Development with Open Source tools will save
you money?
From: MB Software Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, August 15, 2007 8:44 am
To: [email protected]
Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Steve: I just picked up a job re-writing a web application using VFP. It
> was written in .NET for the desktop. Compare navigating web pages vs. VFP
> with multiple windows open. It was an easy sell for me. Also, reports
> never worked right.
>
> We have one application on terminal services and it has a whole new set of
> problems besides having to deal with passwords expiring, Networking taking
> the system down, system backups and maintenance interfering with the 24/7
> operation just to name a few.
>
> If the application will be used on desktops and intranets, I prefer a
> desktop application. If it is a web application, then I would prefer the
> web.
>
>
Jeff -- this is why I like the idea of using VFP app on the client side
with a MySQL (or PostgreSQL, etc.) database hosted on the web. The
client gets basically a networked application that works across
locations, and the rich/smart client UI instead of a clunky browser
interface, and snappy performance yet at that (of course assuming you've
designed it properly and aren't wasting bandwidth). Mind you my clients
are SMBs (mostly small), so it's not like there's gazillion records to
deal with anyway.
We have 3 web server farms just to deal with 4000 brances of Autozone stores.
I have no idea how many for data alone. This isn't small by any means.
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