We write for the financial services industry and their data does *not* go anywhere! Not even the parking lot, much less the cloud. A "web app" for them just means "in a browser" but being served from *their* rack inside *their* walls. I am not including Gmail, Salesforce, etc. which are hugely successful but really justify cloud basing on cost of ownership vs on-site systems rather than functionality. These web solutions are great and we use them. I actually feel sorry for firms with Exchange Servers in their walls now but they can, at least, also make the mails and calendars available to their user outside the walls also.
However rich the web GUI continues to get, there will be real desktop apps doing heavy lifting for a long, long time to come. Then there will still be long running "service" type apps for monitoring, scheduling and process control, all painting to screens in very, very real-time. These will probably never be tied to a server for their *screen *content as THAT server may well be one of the things being monitored and controlled. Data content over the wire, of course, but application availability over the wire... not for some financial service and production control/monitoring apps. Not for a long time. Our clients want screen refresh rates from a dozens of different data feeds and *file system* events that you would not believe. However, finally, it will not have to be on a windows desktop. Watch out for the iPad model! We just released a small report viewer for iPad for our customer-facing client's folks and it is simply a smash hit to them. I don't know how much it just helps them justify an iPad or that they really get our app but the results are impressive. An "iPad", because of the screen and typing surface size, is SO much more than a smart phone in usability and readability. Instant on, like the iPad, should not be over-looked for future devices as well. You never have that "do I really want to crank this thing up?" feeling with the iPad model. From idea, or other's words in conversation, to typing in a few seconds; in very limited space, is easily done by iPad and the devices that will chase it. I would love for Dabo to run there one day but that's a Python issue as much as anything. There'll be a big Driod plank soon, I'm sure. This isn't rocket science; it's about money. That stuff that our clients make so they can buy stuff from us! :) This is all just IMO and not meant to be defended. I just have this conversation all the time with the "all you need is a browser" gang so this struck a nerve. We'll just have to see how Chrome OS stacks up against iPad and laptops of various sizes. For now, from scoring my son's baseball games to saving much paper on all the words I have to read to a decent RDC terminal in an emergency to the Mrs. reading her email while we are driving to the son't baseball games, the iPad has me blown away in convenience and battery life. I'll stop now. On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Jeff Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an Ubuntu desktop and and Ubuntu laptop. I use remote desktop to > access my XP desktop or server from either. This is a fantastic setup > for me. > > Jeff > > --------------- > > Jeff Johnson > [email protected] > (623) 582-0323 > > www.san-dc.com > > > On 09/24/2010 08:15 AM, Paul McNett wrote: > > On 9/24/10 7:58 AM, John Fabiani wrote: > > > >> In fact I'm sure many > >> just use laptops for everything (Ed and Paul I think are examples). > >> > > Sometimes I miss a full desktop but mostly I love the convenience of > working > > anywhere, any time. > > > > Paul > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected] > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
