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To: Leroy S. Mort
Aren't most operations of any size running off a server? How many companies are using individual, unconnected desktops?
2 posted on 09/11/2003 8:35:55 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
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To: Mind-numbed Robot
Aren't most operations of any size running off a server? How many companies are using individual, unconnected desktops?

There are tons of home-brewed Windows apps running off corporate desktops right now. Moving them from the mainframe dumb terminals to Windows PCs was costly enough back in the salad days of IT. I wouldn't expect many major companies to make that kind of investment in this economic climate.

7 posted on 09/11/2003 8:51:32 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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To: Mind-numbed Robot
Sadly no, many companies in house apps have a powerbuilder on the desktop interface..
21 posted on 09/11/2003 9:41:49 AM PDT by N3WBI3
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