"Radek Cerny" <radek.cerny@asplications.nospam.com.au> wrote in message
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> If the "Standalone" workstations are connected to the net, have a read of
> http://www.asplications.com.au/GenieWhitePaper.pdf.  It describes how to
> build a centralised business system deployed as web services, and so
> consumed by thin clients, either IE or a dedicated rich Windows app.
>
> "Brian Schoenhofer" <bsch***@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:4ed35dcd.0411101117.30df52d7@posting.google.com...
>> The company I work for has a requirement for a web application that
>> will run on our public Internet servers but the same code base (more
>> or less) should be able to be deployed and run on standalone desktop
>> machines for about 4000 users.  We need database support and dynamic
>> pages backed by some middle tier business logic.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions?  Someone's mentioned a Java solution
>> where a small app server could be distributed on everyone's machine
>> and the main app could use a full fledged j2ee app server.  I imagine
>> this could be done with MS technology too using personal web server.
>> Is there a better solution?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Brian
>
>

"Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]" <din***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> when you say "standalone machines" - does this require disconnected
> operation?   In other words, the desktop machine is totally off the
network,
> should the app still work?
>
> I agree with Radek -  why duplicate the business logic?   instead, Re-use
it
> from different client types!
>
>
> "Radek Cerny" <radek.cerny@asplications.nospam.com.au> wrote in message
> news:u4QMoF5xEHA.2656@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > If the "Standalone" workstations are connected to the net, have a read
of
> > http://www.asplications.com.au/GenieWhitePaper.pdf.  It describes how to
> > build a centralised business system deployed as web services, and so
> > consumed by thin clients, either IE or a dedicated rich Windows app.
> >
> > "Brian Schoenhofer" <bsch***@rogers.com> wrote in message
> > news:4ed35dcd.0411101117.30df52d7@posting.google.com...
> >> The company I work for has a requirement for a web application that
> >> will run on our public Internet servers but the same code base (more
> >> or less) should be able to be deployed and run on standalone desktop
> >> machines for about 4000 users.  We need database support and dynamic
> >> pages backed by some middle tier business logic.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any suggestions?  Someone's mentioned a Java solution
> >> where a small app server could be distributed on everyone's machine
> >> and the main app could use a full fledged j2ee app server.  I imagine
> >> this could be done with MS technology too using personal web server.
> >> Is there a better solution?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Brian
> >
> >
>
>