Re: Client / Server

[boothm@xxxxxxx]

>>        I am in charge of developing a client / server system.   I would
>>like all the input this group can supply me.  I am in the very early stages
>>(picking software, middleware, etc....) of development.  

This sounds like real fun.  I'm jealous.

Anyhow, for me at least, part 1 of a project like this is always the step
you've just taken: looking around.  I'd ask the obvious:  Who else is
doing what you want to do?  Look among your competitors, your friends, and
similar sized businesses in other industries.  If budgets will warrant it,
look world-wide, but at least look in your own county. Make field trips -
actually see the stuff in action, and see the results.  Do a bit of
vision-making; If the plant were to burn to the ground, what would it look
like when you rebuilt it? What services would be needed?

I suggest these ideas because so often one can make spectacular
improvement just with a good model, or combination of other people's
ideas.

For middleware I like Pro-gen.  Their new releases have added a great deal
and the learning curve is satisfactory.

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Booth Martin     
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