Thanks for the detailed warning, which I will pass on. I'm not too worried about taking any blame; I already told them it was probably a bad idea. It wouldn't be the first time that they were penny-wise and pound-foolish by not taking my advice!
>Win95 networking was designed to share the ocassional file, printers and other devices. Running a database over this requires tons of traffic and will result in poor response times for both the person with the database on their system and other remote computer. The system will be slow and crash often. The result of this will lead to:
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>- low uptime for your app
>- low confidence in your app
>- corrupted tables
>- corrupted win95
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>The client will at best blame you and at worst fire you and tell all his friends the terrible app you made.
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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
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