SveaSoft is the way to go in this situation, especially since the WRT54G can be purchased for so cheap ($50). You can create a grid and mesh network that is several square kilmeters if you want to.
MS has developed something new with.Net. You can have a.Net assembly dropped in on a page and this is MUCH better than running ActiveX code as it can be ran in a sandbox or out of a sandbox.
ActiveX is around for backwards compatibility as the.Net assemblies in web pages has been here for at least TWO years now, it's just not all the older OSs(Windows 98,Me, 2000) have.Net installed by default.
Qwest, the communications company, has a set top box that accomplishes Phone, DSL, TV and has a PVR built into it. It's been well over a year since they have been offering this product and since I'm the community "tech guy" I see it in a lot of people's homes.
Our neighborhood was built with fiber to the curb so this is the reason they can do it and everyone gets 1.5 Mbits down AND up by defalt.
I took your approach initially as well. I went crazy building web apps and people loved it. Built it on a subscription service so everything was on my servers and not at their local office.
But now I'm reverting back to desktop based because of external hardware requirements (barcode readers, picture scanners, thermal printers, etc.). Also, responsiveness of the application and offline connectivity are major factors (some businesses run off of modems or shoddy internet connections.)
On top of this, Smart clients (not rich client or thin client, but smart clients) are much better than the web based approach. With.Net applications can auto update themselves so there is no maintenance and only a "single server" to maintain. With web services data transfer is incredibly easy and the.Net application blocks make everything even easier.
Lastly, I can cut down on my server farm expenses because it moves the processing from my server to the client for searching, processing reports, etc.
You could use GTK#, but most rich client stuff that is already written will have to wait for Windows.Forms support.
Mono will always be one version behind Microsoft (as.Net 2.0 is already coming out), but most people that are developing enterprise level applications will be about one version behind by the time their product has gone through all the QA and iterations so that doesn't bother me.
I agree with you though, I won't go the rich client route until I see the Windows.Forms support, I just wanted to be a MS Fanboy and let people know that it's can be a viable alternative. Perhaps I should have states that GTK# already gives cross platform rich clients.
Well, the thing about the development we do is that most of it is web based, although there has been some move in the direction of rich clients lately.
One of our big selling points is platform independence since we are web based and if a company doesn't like windows they can stick our server in a lonely dark corner cut off from the rest of the world.
Since we have a nice DAL we can switch between DBs almost painlessly, which we've done for some people that have invested heavily in Oracle.
I've been watching Mono closely and I'm waiting for their Windows.Forms support before we start prototyping any Rich Clients as we want to maintain that we can be "cross platform", even with a rich client.
Again, you didn't mention a single example of something wrong with.Net. I've used it in enterprise level applications that had thousands of users for Time & Attendance software. Many big corporations use our software for keeping track of that information.
Even before my current company I developed a full accounting and scheduling system, by myself, for a manufacturing company that has over 100 employees. The application was written in 3 months by ONE person and they couldn't be happier with it.
I have friends who are team leads for projects using J2EE and we've collaborated on some on the side contract work in Java and.Net and they are so amazingly similar I can't see how you can you'd rather go with one than the other.
Oracle vs. SQL I could understand as SQL has some clustering shortfalls that have forced me to go with Oracle in the past. But I still say you have no idea what you're talking about since you don't give specific examples and not you're trying to cover your ass.
.Net makes having a local app VERY easy with their auto-update features.
With.Net making a webapp or a rich client app is not a decision. And with Mono's future support for Windows.Forms you can be assured that you can be cross platform as well.
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That Set Top TV box is a godsend. I help deaf people with their computer issues, remotely and on-site, and having to talk through the TTY interpreter was very slow.
With the new video set top boxes conversations flow much smoother, although sometimes the interpreters don't interpret correctly and I end up getting an incorrect street name or customer name.
Of course, after the initial call, writing through e-mail or IM is preferred.
Perhaps because posting on the forums doesn't get the sort of response you would expect.
I've had problems with firefox since I started using it, but I keep using in hopes that with each release it will get better and have less bugs. I don't to use IE, I want something to use standards for my websites so they work.
Unfortunately, firefox is a long way off from approaching IE's stability and speed. There hasn't been a day that has gone by where I haven't experienced a firefox crash or error.
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ActiveX was just for SSO. You'd still need an outside program for SSO if you were using FireFox.
My point is, web based is web based. The best ones are browser independent, so touting firefox is not different than touting IE.
And you could already do this with IE. I know of several business applications that run through the web, quite well in fact. Using SSL certificates you have your encryption and with ActiveX controls you can achieve single sign on.
Whether it's done on FireFox, IE, or Opera it doesn't matter because it's WEB BASED.
I kept quite and tell people anonymously because I feel bad, rather than not telling anyone at all. And if I did tell someone my previous company had no problems with sueing people for any reason. But I'll take your advice about the FSF and try to contact them about it.
Problem is the original source was for unix x-windows and the company I worked for ported it to windows for ActiveX and.Net. I'm not sure how comparisons can be made across platforms like that since dll symbols well...didn't exist in the original application.
I used to work for a company that violated the license of an open source piece of software. They stole the code verbatim and I didn't realize this until I had left the company and was searching for an open source alternative to their software. I stumbled across the open source version and though "Hey, they use the same variable and function names as us...hey, they use the same headers...hey, they use the same conversion arrays...hey, we stole their product!"
Unfortunately, they are making millions of dollars off of this open source software and the original author isn't seeing a penny. I feel bad, but I am one of two people who actually saw the source code (the other being the owner of the company).
If I said anything the company would instantly know who snitched on them and I'm not going to deal with those repurcussions.
They kept good tabs on making sure no one else could figure out they stole open source code and they continue to make large amounts of money on it today. So yes, not everyone is as clumsy as this person is.
If you just wanted job training you should have taken a two year diploma at a technical school.
And then I would have never gotten my first job. I went to a University to get a piece of paper so that I could get a good first job. That's the only reason. It's not my fault the system is that way, it's the employers fault that they view a University degree better than a technical school degree.
And I needed to take humanities in order to understand computer science and how to deal with people in the business world?
I'm successful, by my own standards, and those other courses were a waste of time. Most of my classes were a waste of time. The reason I only did good in some undergrad classes was so that I could get a recommendation from the professors for graduate school, not to really learn anything.
Here I am, two years out of college, married, brand new cars, just purchased my second home, with no debt, except for mortgage, and plenty of money in the bank. I have my own company and did humanities or spanish teach me about any of that? No!
Those other classes just diluted what I could have been focusing on with social skills, my computer job at the time, and my CS classes.
It's not the most popular because of people who are paranoid, like yourself, that tell others it's illegal.
Do you really think main stream media will cover something that can put their biggest advertisers out of business? Think like a media company would.
The whole reason they can sell so cheap is because of the legitimate Russian Broadcast claim. If they became a US entity and sold within the US then their prices would be as high as US companies.
Since you've peppered me with questions then answer this:
Why hasn't a single downloader of Allofmp3.com been issued a subpeona or any sort of legal letter from RIAA? We know RIAA is sending them out to people, surely they would go after a company that is making a PROFIT from pirating. The answer to this question is that it's not illegal.
The biggest issue you have with this is that it's so cheap and you're not using it, for whatever reason, while others are benefiting from the service. Just because it's cheap doesn't make it illegal.
Allofmp3 is great. I use it every day and have given out gift certificates to friends and family and they all love it and continue to spend their own money there.
With AllOfMp3 explorer you have a nice interface to get all your music from. Not as polished at itunes,but for 1 cen/meg it's definitley worth it.
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SveaSoft is the way to go in this situation, especially since the WRT54G can be purchased for so cheap ($50). You can create a grid and mesh network that is several square kilmeters if you want to.
We are using VoIP from switchvox with traditional phone lines for our incoming calls and we never have problems. Perhaps it's your vendor?
MS has developed something new with .Net. You can have a .Net assembly dropped in on a page and this is MUCH better than running ActiveX code as it can be ran in a sandbox or out of a sandbox.
.Net assemblies in web pages has been here for at least TWO years now, it's just not all the older OSs(Windows 98,Me, 2000) have .Net installed by default.
ActiveX is around for backwards compatibility as the
Qwest, the communications company, has a set top box that accomplishes Phone, DSL, TV and has a PVR built into it. It's been well over a year since they have been offering this product and since I'm the community "tech guy" I see it in a lot of people's homes.
Our neighborhood was built with fiber to the curb so this is the reason they can do it and everyone gets 1.5 Mbits down AND up by defalt.
I took your approach initially as well. I went crazy building web apps and people loved it. Built it on a subscription service so everything was on my servers and not at their local office.
.Net applications can auto update themselves so there is no maintenance and only a "single server" to maintain. With web services data transfer is incredibly easy and the .Net application blocks make everything even easier.
But now I'm reverting back to desktop based because of external hardware requirements (barcode readers, picture scanners, thermal printers, etc.). Also, responsiveness of the application and offline connectivity are major factors (some businesses run off of modems or shoddy internet connections.)
On top of this, Smart clients (not rich client or thin client, but smart clients) are much better than the web based approach. With
Lastly, I can cut down on my server farm expenses because it moves the processing from my server to the client for searching, processing reports, etc.
I never thought of that solution. Web services backend in .Net and Java, but the front end in PHP...interesting.
That might work as our entire architecture is web services based so that clients can do their own thing with our SDK and not be limited by our UI.
You could use GTK#, but most rich client stuff that is already written will have to wait for Windows.Forms support.
.Net 2.0 is already coming out), but most people that are developing enterprise level applications will be about one version behind by the time their product has gone through all the QA and iterations so that doesn't bother me.
Mono will always be one version behind Microsoft (as
I agree with you though, I won't go the rich client route until I see the Windows.Forms support, I just wanted to be a MS Fanboy and let people know that it's can be a viable alternative. Perhaps I should have states that GTK# already gives cross platform rich clients.
Well, the thing about the development we do is that most of it is web based, although there has been some move in the direction of rich clients lately.
One of our big selling points is platform independence since we are web based and if a company doesn't like windows they can stick our server in a lonely dark corner cut off from the rest of the world.
Since we have a nice DAL we can switch between DBs almost painlessly, which we've done for some people that have invested heavily in Oracle.
I've been watching Mono closely and I'm waiting for their Windows.Forms support before we start prototyping any Rich Clients as we want to maintain that we can be "cross platform", even with a rich client.
Again, you didn't mention a single example of something wrong with .Net. I've used it in enterprise level applications that had thousands of users for Time & Attendance software. Many big corporations use our software for keeping track of that information.
.Net and they are so amazingly similar I can't see how you can you'd rather go with one than the other.
Even before my current company I developed a full accounting and scheduling system, by myself, for a manufacturing company that has over 100 employees. The application was written in 3 months by ONE person and they couldn't be happier with it.
I have friends who are team leads for projects using J2EE and we've collaborated on some on the side contract work in Java and
Oracle vs. SQL I could understand as SQL has some clustering shortfalls that have forced me to go with Oracle in the past. But I still say you have no idea what you're talking about since you don't give specific examples and not you're trying to cover your ass.
I call BS. You don't go into any specifics of why .Net is so bad. Every single developer I have ever talked to thinks .Net is a godsend.
.Net and probably nothing about programming in general since you're suggesting PHP for a medical application.
You know nothing about
.Net makes having a local app VERY easy with their auto-update features.
.Net making a webapp or a rich client app is not a decision. And with Mono's future support for Windows.Forms you can be assured that you can be cross platform as well.
With
That Set Top TV box is a godsend. I help deaf people with their computer issues, remotely and on-site, and having to talk through the TTY interpreter was very slow.
With the new video set top boxes conversations flow much smoother, although sometimes the interpreters don't interpret correctly and I end up getting an incorrect street name or customer name.
Of course, after the initial call, writing through e-mail or IM is preferred.
Perhaps because posting on the forums doesn't get the sort of response you would expect.
I've had problems with firefox since I started using it, but I keep using in hopes that with each release it will get better and have less bugs. I don't to use IE, I want something to use standards for my websites so they work.
Unfortunately, firefox is a long way off from approaching IE's stability and speed. There hasn't been a day that has gone by where I haven't experienced a firefox crash or error.
ActiveX was just for SSO. You'd still need an outside program for SSO if you were using FireFox.
My point is, web based is web based. The best ones are browser independent, so touting firefox is not different than touting IE.
And you could already do this with IE. I know of several business applications that run through the web, quite well in fact. Using SSL certificates you have your encryption and with ActiveX controls you can achieve single sign on.
Whether it's done on FireFox, IE, or Opera it doesn't matter because it's WEB BASED.
I thought productivity increased because they knew they were being studied?
What pages don't work with IE? I find that hard to believe since everyone will have tested their page in IE to make sure it displays correctly.
If you're talking about pages that are under development, well...they are still under development.
I kept quite and tell people anonymously because I feel bad, rather than not telling anyone at all. And if I did tell someone my previous company had no problems with sueing people for any reason. But I'll take your advice about the FSF and try to contact them about it.
.Net. I'm not sure how comparisons can be made across platforms like that since dll symbols well...didn't exist in the original application.
Problem is the original source was for unix x-windows and the company I worked for ported it to windows for ActiveX and
I used to work for a company that violated the license of an open source piece of software. They stole the code verbatim and I didn't realize this until I had left the company and was searching for an open source alternative to their software. I stumbled across the open source version and though "Hey, they use the same variable and function names as us...hey, they use the same headers...hey, they use the same conversion arrays...hey, we stole their product!"
Unfortunately, they are making millions of dollars off of this open source software and the original author isn't seeing a penny. I feel bad, but I am one of two people who actually saw the source code (the other being the owner of the company).
If I said anything the company would instantly know who snitched on them and I'm not going to deal with those repurcussions.
They kept good tabs on making sure no one else could figure out they stole open source code and they continue to make large amounts of money on it today. So yes, not everyone is as clumsy as this person is.
If you just wanted job training you should have taken a two year diploma at a technical school.
And then I would have never gotten my first job. I went to a University to get a piece of paper so that I could get a good first job. That's the only reason. It's not my fault the system is that way, it's the employers fault that they view a University degree better than a technical school degree.
And I needed to take humanities in order to understand computer science and how to deal with people in the business world?
I'm successful, by my own standards, and those other courses were a waste of time. Most of my classes were a waste of time. The reason I only did good in some undergrad classes was so that I could get a recommendation from the professors for graduate school, not to really learn anything.
Here I am, two years out of college, married, brand new cars, just purchased my second home, with no debt, except for mortgage, and plenty of money in the bank. I have my own company and did humanities or spanish teach me about any of that? No!
Those other classes just diluted what I could have been focusing on with social skills, my computer job at the time, and my CS classes.
It's not the most popular because of people who are paranoid, like yourself, that tell others it's illegal.
Do you really think main stream media will cover something that can put their biggest advertisers out of business? Think like a media company would.
The whole reason they can sell so cheap is because of the legitimate Russian Broadcast claim. If they became a US entity and sold within the US then their prices would be as high as US companies.
Since you've peppered me with questions then answer this:
Why hasn't a single downloader of Allofmp3.com been issued a subpeona or any sort of legal letter from RIAA? We know RIAA is sending them out to people, surely they would go after a company that is making a PROFIT from pirating. The answer to this question is that it's not illegal.
The biggest issue you have with this is that it's so cheap and you're not using it, for whatever reason, while others are benefiting from the service. Just because it's cheap doesn't make it illegal.
Who says it's illegal? Point me to proof that shows it's illegal.
The artists do get paid because Allofmp3.com pays the Russian equivalent of RIAA, who pays the label, who pays the artists.
Allofmp3 is great. I use it every day and have given out gift certificates to friends and family and they all love it and continue to spend their own money there.
With AllOfMp3 explorer you have a nice interface to get all your music from. Not as polished at itunes,but for 1 cen/meg it's definitley worth it.