From: Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@...>
Date: 2005-12-06T03:18:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] desktop apps vs. web applications (was Re: What a response!)

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Graphical intensity & Privacy/Location of data are the questions that
usually make the decision for me.

j.

On 12/5/05, Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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?
>
>


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