From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-12-06T03:05:52+09:00
Subject: [OT] desktop apps vs. web applications (was Re: What a response!)

On 12/5/05, Jules <julesjacobs@gmail.com> <julesjacobs@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know what:
>
> > Independent Apartment Buildings and Property Management companies
>
> are, but if you want to show someone your application:
>
> http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/distributingrubyapplications/rails.html
>
> You can wrap your application in one .exe (you don't even need a
> separate database!). The email it to someone and that person can launch
> it locally.

So here's a somewhat related question:

When should an application be a web application (that could be
distributed via the above method) and when should an application be a
normal desktop application?