On 7/10/07, Peter Cushing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My take on that was that he meant it was very much more secure if it > doesn't go outside the building!
I think you are falling for the castle-and-moat model. The fact is that electrons go in and out of the building at a phenomenal rate, and through a lot of holes - telephony, TCP/IP, wireless, etc. Travelling salesman "dial in" while on the road, CxOs operate their desktop from their Blackberries, remote users dial in from home computers. There is no moat. > I know you can still use web based apps just LAN based but why would you > bother? Because the very next words out of the PHB's mouth after you deploy the rich client application is "How can the salesman on the road use this app?" or "How do we let the satellite office in Phoenix enter data?" or "How can the London office connect?" or "How can I get this app to work on my Palm Treo?" > I'm just starting to play with Linux to do some simple things with and > see how difficult/easy it is. > Do you have a recommendation for a Linux list for a newbie? Ed's ProLinux is far more friendly than most. I also recommend a local user group and encourage them to start a Newbie-Night if they don't already have one. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
