"Perry E. Metzger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Perry writes...
> > > Does Quicken have a CORBA or other similar interface? They are our
> > > primary competition.
> >
> > No, it does not.
>
> So it appears that the parts of Quicken that people find important are
> not related to this multiuser network capability some people seem to
> be pushing.
Correct. Quicken is (and will be) a single-user application.
> >From what I can tell, what people want/need has very little to do with
> the CORBA stuff and a lot more to do with simply getting the single
> user non-API'ed application running and functioning well.
I think you look at the design issues the wrong way. It's not like the
obesssion of using CORBA dictates the way the application is
developed. Instead (at least form me) the reasoning goes the following
way:
Too many GUIs required => Client/Server design => Client API => IPC
mechanism => [suggested by Linas] CORBA.
For me, it doesn't matter whether it will be CORBA or smoke signals.
At least at this stage. I *do* want to stick to a client/server
design, just to guarantee that the GUI guys won't mutilate the engine
functionality every time they implement a new visual quirk. Besides, I
want to make sure GnuCash allows doing all stuff Quicken does and
beyond.
--
Alexander L. Belikoff
Bloomberg L.P. / BFM Financial Research Ltd.
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