>I wouldn't think the question is whether your application works or not. It apparently does work.
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>Security looks to be the primary issue??
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>$30,000.00????
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>I just bought an HP system fully loaded with 128mb, 60gb and Win2K Server for $2,500.00.
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The only question is how many CALs he needs, and if the P2P is large enough to justify a BDC. And to me, 128K is tight on Win2K Server; I try to go at least 256MB (I run my LAN's PDC and Internet proxy and host the esolserv.com web site off a PII/333 with 6GB drive and 320MB of RAM, and never notice when the site is being hit heavily or there's a lot of traffic. With 15GB of disk running maybe $120 now, that's certainly not the issue. RDRAM is expensive, but there's plenty of iron that works with PC100 SDRAM that'd be up to the task.)

>I, personally, would not hesitate to recommend they spend the money. The cost is nothing, compared to what they pay me to develope the software.
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>>Great solution! Unfortunately when you develop as a freelance programmer for a small outfit with limited budget for servers, you cannot tell the client to spend $30,000.00 more on a server to make your application work. You make your application make with the existing environment.