On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
>> I don't know exactly what you mean by "dropouts and errors", but since
>> this "web service" has to connect to the same data store, there would be no
>> difference here, but perhaps you have something more specific in mind.
>
> Well, when using web services you'd presumably code it to handle the
> data suddenly disappearing instead of assuming you could treat it like a
> LAN connection.
I'm still not seeing the difference.
With a desktop app that uses an internet-based data server, if the data
"suddenly disappears", the app will not work. With a desktop app that calls a
web service to get the data, if the web service "suddenly disappears", the app
will not work.
It seems to me that both have the same potential weak link: an internet
connection. In the case of a failure of that connection, the app will be dead
in the water.
-- Ed Leafe
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