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On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:40:14 -0500, Rick Marshall <rjm@z...> wrote: > Different conversation... really? > > Management wants the applications to look good and be buzzword > compliant. Users (ie ordinary people in the office what is ordinary to you? > ) - they just want an easy way to do their jobs. yep... > And they seem indifferent to many aspects of look and feel that we spend > sleepless nights worrying about. sure... so what? > > So at least part of the reason we use XML is because the clients have > read about it and want it. Can't sell a system without it. This is > orthogonal to the best way to do things. > hmmm.. a terminal application..... -Rob > Rick > > Robert Koberg wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:27:48 -0500, Rick Marshall <rjm@z...> >> wrote: >> >>> Year ago when client/server was all the rage (still is?) I tested lots >>> of ways to implement data intensive applications. >>> >>> The environments tested were: >>> >>> GUI client to database server >>> GUI/Terminal clients using NFS shared file systems >>> Terminal clients to database server >>> Terminal clients with database access built into the programs (sim to >>> ISAM calls) >>> >>> The last option won hands down for performance and we have stuck to it. >> >> "and we deny any requests for actual user satisfaction!" >> >> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS >> to support XML implementation and development. To minimize >> spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. >> >> [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ >> Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... >> subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... >> List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ >> List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php >> > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
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