Thanks for your feedback and to answer Mr. Watt's question I believe that the PPC device has to be both server and client because full time network connectivity is not assumed.
In a typical scenario for a realestate person, field worker, factory manager or anyone else that can only perodically connect to a backend database server, I would like to see the ability for a device to syncronize with a database only and then your CF app is run locally. Yes WAP and WML are helping the client interprete data from the server but that is only half the equation. A little off topic, I learned this new term yesterday call a "Neighbourhood Area Network" or (NAN). It is simply a local Wi-Fi network with a range of 300 feet that is connected to several other NANs. And if there is enough of them they make for a huge network. See http://www.freenetworks.org/ I really appreciate the dialog on this topic. David Adams CFUG Ottawa It is an environment where a device can become present on a Neighbourhood Area Network (NAN) for brief periods of time or ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: RE: CF Feature Request - Ability to run CF app on PPC > > Whether a mobile device is a Palm Pilot, Pocket PC, > > Handheld or cell phone - these are becoming so smart > > and powerful that they are more than just Personal > > Digital Assistants (PDA) but rather CDA or Corporate > > Digital Assistants. They are an enterprise devices > > and we, as developers, have to consider them a client > > to our backend web servers just like our desktop PCs. > > I say this because they run TCP/IP, have a web browser, > > can interprete XML and pretty much everything the > > Desktop PC can do. > > Yes, this makes them good web clients. However, you were asking about making > them CF application servers, which is quite a different thing. > > You can build CF applications right now, with the current version of CF, > that will run through the browsers found on PocketPC and other devices. So, > I'm not sure what you're looking for. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
