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    #21
    Originally posted by zathras
    I'm writing it so the next big thing will be the NBT.

    Seriously I am spending time on something but I think the next big thing will be integrating data a website and desktop applications.

    So lets say I am analysing the quarterly sales figures. I can go to a website to see them, import them into Excel. Work with them, maybe change some budget figures and then when I visit the website the data will change.

    When I go home I can go to my PC at home, and open up and see the same data.

    What I mean essentially is that a major part of an application will be provided via Web Services. This means that coupled with One-click deployment, there is no such thing as an upgrade. It all happens seemlessly, all I do is confirm that I want the upgrade done.

    Any application with a heavy data input can be implemented this way, even document storage.

    Tale for example Payroll. I've supported them and every year their is the same activity that can become a royal pain in the rear-end. Between the March Payroll and the April one assuming they straddle the end of the financial year, NIPAYE tables need updating. If you support Sage for example this may mean travelling around all clients and invariably some twit has corrupted the database so that will need repairing. I did this every year for 4 years and it is a pain.

    Web based software would avoid both these and in addition corruptions cannot be caused by the user pulling the power because in the web the user is never actively connected to the database.
    try adobe apollo... can do this sort of stuff x-platform

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      #22
      Originally posted by scooterscot
      I don't think I could trust a third party to hold such information, good idea but at present I use my USB stick and backup on a regular basis...

      For this idea to work you need an online vault for information that's as secure as my usb stick in my pocket.
      You are of course correct which is why I have spent a lot of time thinking about security.

      For a start when logging on it creates a one-time only key and this is used to communicate user credentials for the current session only.

      Another security element is why I am not using client side Javascript to update the local database. It would be too easy to write code to hijack the update of the online database.

      There are other elements but aware security is important that is why I have spent considerable time in reducing the opportunities for people to hack the software.

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        #23
        Have a look in the halfbakery. It's full of half-baked ideas, some of which would be great if you can be the guy to get them to work...
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          #24
          Originally posted by zathras
          You are of course correct which is why I have spent a lot of time thinking about security.

          For a start when logging on it creates a one-time only key and this is used to communicate user credentials for the current session only.

          Another security element is why I am not using client side Javascript to update the local database. It would be too easy to write code to hijack the update of the online database.

          There are other elements but aware security is important that is why I have spent considerable time in reducing the opportunities for people to hack the software.
          The technology barrier is only one side of the coin. It's not doubting you can indeed create this service, rather what if some third party like the police of government (MI5) overpower you on a need to know basis. I can sooner see a device the size of a 10p coin hanging round your neck with 1tera byte storage capacity and WiFi connection.
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #25
            Originally posted by King Cnvt
            What's going to be next big thing on the Internet that's going to make a few million/billionaires overnight?

            We've had online auctions (eBay), search and pay-per-click advertising (Google), social networking (Linked-in, Facebook), music (i-tunes), video (YouTube), etc.

            WHAT'S THE NEXT BIG THING?

            (and how can I get in early and make a killing )
            Too late , you should have bought a funky domain name
            sex.com was recently sold for $10million

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