[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Wasting half a trillion dollars?
Yep. Done that. What do I get? an expensive to build and debug, hard to maintain VB3 Application. We can do a lot in the browser. We can't do it as well. Developers are trendier than New York fashion models. What wears well on the runway doesn't always wear well on the dance floor or in the office. The dilemma is not having good metrics for knowing when to choose fat client/persistent connection technology over thin client/stateless connection technology, but moreover, knowing when the first should dominate the enterprise and the second should be simply a window to the rest of the world, maybe just a warehouse one ships data to but never uses for business. Given ten years of trying to secure the web and it is still being hacked, a warehouse on the outskirts of town at that. As for B2B schemas, the issue is not the technology itself. We can make that work. The issue is telling the one or two frontrunners in an industry that because of their de facto status by market position they have to submit their data designs to the public and enable competition that has not invested in the learning curve of the subject domain. It is like asking you to smear yourself in bear pheromones and go hiking on the Appalachian Trail: hard work, uncomfortable beds, and you can never close your eyes to rest. A little Objectivism is a healthy thing. Len Galt http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Anatole Tartakovsky [mailto:anatolet@t...] I agree that for real world back-office type database enabled applications "fat client" beats "server-only" hands down. However, I would not discount browser as "the best business application platform". Late versions of IE (i.e. 5.5+) CAN be effectively used for "fat client" types of applications. Few things often overlooked by "cross platform/browser" developers:
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