Re: Is Client/Server Dead? Conference May 15th

> cssnet@interpath.com (J. David Schronce) writes: > In article <4lgeea$b19@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, billy.wheeler@pixie.co.za ("Billy Wheeler") says: > > >> May be the issue is talken upside down here. C/S is not something good > >> in itself, but a solution to a problem. There is a heavy demand for GUI > >> programs from customers. How do you do this without a client/server > >> solution? > > > >X windows? :-) > > Might have been, but informix killed there fglgx product which looked > like a simple, viable X based alternative. And still a C/S solution. And my customers don't like the idea of X Windows on top of MS Windows. MS Windows is used by everyone (almost anyway) and is a prerequisit. So we are stuck with C/S and need to make the best out of it. There is another C/S development coming along in the form of Java or possibly Visual Basic in a Java-like implementation as announced by Microsoft and Oracle. We will be following this development very closely to se if it can be an alternative for us. Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM Data AS, Postbox 9090, Gronland, 0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company