On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:05 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC < [email protected]> wrote:
> > Will your app allow for people on the move to access what they need? > Check > > sales for a specific customer because they just called and left a voice > mail > > while your on your commute home. > > That's why I do like data accessible from the web (in a secure fashion, > of course). > ----------------------------- Your data is "exposed" when you say that your data is accessible from the web, your idea of a secure fashion and a hackers are probably a football field apart. Wrapping that request for data in a WebService is a good starting point don't you think? Don't you think that you should also open up UI so the salesman can pick the customer from a list of his so he can get answers, instead of having them query the "open web data" looking for by himself? > > > > > I see SaaS as a feature set where flexibility is the most important > aspect. > > To that I say I am all for it. > > > > I also like the idea of databases accessible over the web so that other > apps can be written to hook into them, whereas you can't do that with > classic Foxpro design where the data is Foxpro tables and is local. > Sure, you could do something with WestWind Web Connection, but I'd > rather create apps that will run on these new mobile devices instead. > ------------------------ How do you change credentials for data access with your current code? How would you deal with rules from other vendors that you have a B2B relationship and they state that PWs will expire every 4 weeks on the Tues of that week. This all gets screwy as we meander into this realm. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: 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.

