Level Extreme platform
Subscription
Corporate profile
Products & Services
Support
Legal
Français
Windows 95 networking?
Message
From
14/10/1999 11:47:07
Chris Crachiolo
Blackmoor Associates Incorporated
New York City, New York, United States
 
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00276163
Message ID:
00276377
Views:
31
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:
>
>- low uptime for your app
>- low confidence in your app
>- corrupted tables
>- corrupted win95
>
>The client will at best blame you and at worst fire you and tell all his friends the terrible app you made.
>
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
-- Charles Darwin
"I am invincible! Invincible...OWWWWWWWW!"
-- Homer Simpson
Previous
Reply
Map
View

Click here to load this message in the networking platform