Re: [WEB400] IBM Gives RPG Devotees Their Own Café -- MIDRANGE-NONTECH

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Subject: Re: [WEB400] IBM Gives RPG Devotees Their Own Café
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:51:41 -0600
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Nathan Andelin wrote:

So for Web application developers (like me), how do we pry Outlook and
Thunderbird from the hands of users and get them to use a Web
application instead?

I would ask: Should you even try?

To my mind ... web apps, while very useful and certianly have a place, are not the be all end all solution to every problem.

I can't use a web app on an airplane. I can't use it anywhere I don't have net access.

david

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