Re: Tcom-like functionality in Unix?

From: Cameron Laird (claird@lairds.com)
Date: 12/10/02 

From: claird@lairds.com (Cameron Laird)
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:35:48 -0000

In article <94aaee82.0212100752.7834d1d3@posting.google.com>,
John Sequeira <john_seq@hotmail.com> wrote:
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                [profoundly good
                advice]
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>It's way easier than com or even Excel-file writing libraries,
>degrades more gracefully if the client doesn't have Excel installed,
>and you avoid the incredibly bad practice (from a security and uptime
>perspective) of running desktop apps on a server.
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Yes and no. That is, I think your parenthetical comment is
deeply important; at the same time, I'm wary of reinforcing
decision-makers' bad habits of muddling Windows vs. Unix,
client vs. server, desktop vs. server, and so on. I take it
you're generally suspicious of ever having a browser or e-mail
client or other end-user application running on a "server". I
can understand that, and often advise the same. On the other
hand, I'm happy to move anything I can automate--even a
browser-mediated process, say--to a centrally-adminstered host.

If you're willing to say a few more words on these issues, you
have my attention. 

-- 
Cameron Laird <Cameron@Lairds.com>
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