Re: Pre Dev Q - Please

From: Miron (crhodes61_at_cox.net)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:48:26 -0700

Rich,

Thank you for your response. My lack of explanation is evident.

I am desiring the most secure environment possible. By centralizing the
data storage and the execution of the application ...

The application, becuase of where we have come to today by those leading the
user populas around... needs to have a graphical front end. The Linux world
does offer a Graphical Frontend but at the cost of running Xwindows. Is
this to understand that if a user to connect to the server that they would
have to have Xwindows abilities? Is there no other shell environment short
of Internet browsers?

I am trying my hardest to stay away from developing an application to run
natively on any Micro$oft OS. Due to M$'s obvious lack of
security/stability understanding, need I say more? Additionally, each time
an enhancement (and God forbid, a bug update) needs to be applied, how many
machines would have to be updated? (yes, M$ terminal server is an option,
but again what about security? and to what expense to the client?)

Some underlying issues have to do with very personal information and would
have to be accessible from workstations located at various points throughout
a large/multi-story structure and may even include wireless...

A GUI application executed from a Linux Server addresses some of my
concerns, but obviously not all of them.

Possibly you might have another idea or some insight for me to consider?
Again, thank you.
- Steven

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