filepro CD - map project update

[Walter Vaughan]

Fairlight wrote:

> Confusious (Christopher Yerry) say:
> 
>>You can however release the data (Key) from fp and write an html/ java /
>>asp.NET app to run on the cd. you can use a web service (not expensive)
>>upload your fp data (on the back of the firewall) and write a front
>>(html, java, SAP, ASP.NET) app to view it. all of these have no liscening
>>involved.
> 
> 
> And that helps someone on a net-isolated computer...how?  :)

I initially thought "why even fool around with anything on the client". Just do 
a re-direct to an internet host from a CD that does nothing but autoruns a 
webpage on a remote server. For grins and giggles you might include some 
bandwidth heavy movies on the CD.

Those users who are unwilling to have invested in continuous broadband access 
via all their devices are going to have to pay many times more in order to cover 
their distribution of their data costs.

I dunno. What do these cheap *astards have for client devices? Win9X, Mac's, XP?

If you could insist on at least XP, it would be pretty slick to write a .net app 
in vb.net (which anyone used to filePro could pickup quickly), but I am guessing 
that Java is a more likely candidate platform.

You said they sold 700 before. Why are they (who did last CD) not bidding on the 
project? It should be cheaper for them than anyone since they know what they did 
wrong the first time. What was the price point?