>finally installation the the thin client (which needs a P3 and 128mb of RAM to run, BTW) is nearly as boring as it is with the Desktop app.

ROFL!!!! So in order to replace a Desktop app that would run comfortably on a PII-200 with 64MB RAM with a "thin" client we need to install a web browser that won't run acceptably on anyhting less than a P3 with 128MB RAM?!? Is that progress or what?

I realize that there are advantages to having a SINGLE app running on a web server, especially when you need to update an app in use by 5000 or 10,000 users. Installing in a single location sure beats updating thousands of desktops, but calling them "thin clients" is inappropriate. Based on the above they're not thin at all.

I'm sure someone up in the hierarchy will realize this, rename the concept to something more apt like "managed apps", repackage the whole idea and make a million bucks 6 months from now.

BTW, anyone here recall "time sharing"? How the LAN would replace mainframes/dumb terminals? Isn't it funny how the current WebServer/WebBrowser architecture resembles the above so much?

Alex