Re: what was the single mgmt decision made in mid-1990s. period

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

I still that leaves the basic design. The System i was designed as a
server, not to play games and then converted to be a server.

Our company is doing the browser route but using Flex to get around
the limitations of the browser.

We tried IBM's EGL but that was not there.

I guess we will see how it all works out.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, James Perkins <jrperkinsjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alan,
> Regarding your aside...
>
> I used to think a GUI on a server was a bad idea. I am now of the opinion
> that a web UI is the way to go. You can run it from any OS even hand held
> devices.
>
> Also, with a thick client if you want to change 1 field on the UI, you now
> have to roll that change out to each client, not just the server.
>
> Just some thoughts.
>
> James R. Perkins
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