[FX.php List] [OFF] IWP proposed as alternative to buying FMP license

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Well sometimes the obvious has to be told...

2008/12/8 Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
> Excellent!  That's what I needed.
>
> Never thought I would have to explain that one.
>
> J
>
>
> At 4:01 PM -0600 12/8/08, Derrick Fogle wrote:
>>
>> You should also give them a quote for your labor for what it *would* take
>> to turn on IWP for them. Make sure it's just as much or more than the cost
>> of another license (which it probably really is). Then point out that IWP is
>> not really not an 'exact' match, and there could be unexpected problems with
>> operation via the IWP. Just a few hours of tweaking on an application to
>> make it work correctly in IWP ends up being more expensive than the native
>> client.
>>
>> If you want a few horror stories about how much time and effort it takes
>> to "IWP Sanitize" a solution - even a fairly basic one, I can provide that.
>> (And yes, I know other people seem to be able use it, but I've never found
>> IWP to be functional enough for anything more complex than a basic
>> "guestbook" level application.)
>>
>> On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:50 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>
>>> Well performance wise you would probably need another FMSA 8 sooner,
>>> not to disappoint your FX.php clients.
>>>
>>> As IWP hogs more bandwidth then plain XML traffic.
>>>
>>> ggt
>>>
>>> 2008/12/8 Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Help me out with this one.
>>>>
>>>> A rather "frugal" client presently accesses an FMP solution with a
>>>> single
>>>> copy of FMP 9 client. I serve the file from FMSA 8 remotely to make
>>>> remote
>>>> development easier. The client now needs to add another user.  They
>>>> tried to
>>>> use two installations of the same FMP license with epected results.
>>>> Rather
>>>> than buy another copy of FMP, the client wants to follow FMI's
>>>> suggestion
>>>> that the file be served up using IWP....as an alternative to buying a
>>>> second
>>>> FMP license. (!)
>>>>
>>>> I'm not running IWP on my FMSA 8, nor do I intended to.
>>>>
>>>> However, I need to respond back to the client to tell them why it is not
>>>> a
>>>> good substitute...sort of why a screwdriver is not a good substitute for
>>>> a
>>>> hammer, although it can be done.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> J
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>>
>> Derrick
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