I strongly agree. Considering everything is speculation and subject to the same validity as crystal ball reading...
-Adam On 4/19/05, Cutter (CF-Talk) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While I admit that the initial news is important to all of us, and the > various predictions and debates have been enlightening and/or amusing, > isn't it now time for much of this talk to move over to cf-community? > > Matt Woodward wrote: > > >>I agree when you are talking about RIA for the desktop, but even then, > >>where do you draw the line between a RIA or a common Windows > >>application? I believe there is too much going about the term RIA. Can > >>we call a P2P application a RIA since it has internet connectivity? Or > >>can we only call it a RIA when technologies like Flex, XAML come in > >>place. What defines a RIA? Internet connectivity? Used technologies? > >>Amount of interactivity? Type of application? > >> > >> > > > >That was my point I suppose--the line is getting so blurred that the > >distinctions become a bit irrelevant. If I had to make a distinction I'd > >say it really falls to the delivery and update mechanism. With a > >browser-based app you (potentially) get a new version of the app every time > >you open the browser. With a desktop app you have to explicitly download > >the new version and install it. Tools like Sash, Rebol, and Central put > >this process somewhere in-between--you get notified a new version is > >available, hit update and you're done. This is what's so interesting to me > >about this space right now, the fact that it's being defined while we watch. > > Whatever comes out of it it's going to change the way we think about these > >traditional distinctions in my opinion. > > > >Matt > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203502 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
