agreed, but let me ask you one thing. right now goldman sachs is being filed against for fraud.
totally unrelated I know, but think about this. As more and more businesses, not people, farm out more and more of their systems to web based hosts that are not internal and controlled by thier own corporation, what will happen when an audit of data files at your web host stumbles on some type of irregularity or such. agreed, probably won't happen, and this is an extreme, but I've always been paid to think of all the scenarios, not just the postitive ones and I can see in the next 20 years where companies are going to reverse this trend and pull it back internally. I may be totally wrong, but only time will tell On 4/16/2010 10:43 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Malcolm Greene<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Stephen, >> >> >>> Do people/customers really want desktop apps? Why put any resources into >>> what seems to be the declining market in our industry? >>> >> There are still many applications that require the ability to run >> offline. >> > ------------------------ > > In a declining market for such, is it worth the time spent? Where you > could be spending the same time in the learning curve for going > forward growth. If the time is learning how Ruby as a language works > and the presentation layer is subtle difference then fine. > > I know someone here in town who does Rails work for Yahoo. He came > back home for ailing parent and works remote. He has shown me some > cool stuff. But it is all web driven. > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.801 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2814 - Release Date: 04/16/10 > 01:31:00 > > -- Virgil Bierschwale Vets Finding Vets <http://www.VetsFindingVets.org> Keep America At Work <http://www.KeepAmericaAtWork.com> --- 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.
