Re: Open source software for use in developing country.

[Tim Churches]

Andrew po-jung Ho wrote:
> >Especially there should be a
> >ncurses client.  So the "buisness logic" under the hood is always the
> >same, the forms are always the same, but you can choose the form's
> >presentation according to you hardwares capabilities.
> 
> This is fine but why not just use HTML where there are existing "clients" that work 
>in
> text-mode and graphics mode?

It is quite difficult to construct an HTML-based, heads-down data entry
form with built-in intelligence such as skips and validation which runs
under Lynx. And what about stand-alone systems? Sure you can run an http
daemon and the client on the same machine, but on a low-powered 486 or a
386 that becomes very marginal. Even more so on a hand-held PDA.

Tim C