After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> __/ [ DFS ] on Saturday 04 March 2006 04:31 \__
>
>> No doubt about that. I've been building Access apps for years, but more
>> and
>> more I'm asked for web apps. But I've found a great compromise: deploying
>> Access apps on a Citrix Server, which is accessed via the Web. It works
>> great. The users get the nice interface features and excellent reporting
>> of Access, along with easy access from home or wherever, and I get a single
>> deployment location.
>
> How the battle over the Web ends up, we are yet to see. Microsoft is being
> pulled from their sheer advantage, which is proximity to the desktop.
> Portability is costing them and it will show, in due time.
I'm not really sure about Web apps. They're good and bad at the same
time:
Good:
More capable of being cross platform. I can access my mail,
online training, and time-sheet using firefox or galeon on Linux.
Some of this is due to Java. Some quirks, but it works.
Easy to tweak or theme the user interface.
Bad:
Slow as hell.
Requires constant human interaction, or timeouts make the app crap
out (this may be due to programmer error though).
Prone to needless IE-centric requirements.
--
Q: Why does a GNU/Linux user compile his kernel?
A: Because he can.
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