>>Josh supporter #1 here. Jim- if your app is operating on local data on a fast network with little concern for network traffic and absolutely no shadow of a chance for C/S upsizing in the future, then tables are fine.
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>Which, to be fair, represents most database apps out there...

For sure...but I've found you get a ton of mileage to be able to claim your app is "client server ready"...like saying it was "network ready" 10 years ago...