In a message to RICH GORIN, LANCE LEONARD said:
LL> Rich,
LL>  
LL>  RG> What was conspicuously missing was the "rules
LL>  RG> of thumb" that describe where that crossover point might lie.
LL>  
LL> Hm.  Interesting.  Do you have any opinions about what might
LL> indicate that crossover point?
I suspect it's a very volatile point, as it is very dependent on
changing technologies in  communications as well as database management
systems.  My sense is that there is a lot of misestimation of the point
and that people are going for client-server who will not be well-served
by it and avoiding it where it could do some good.  I would guess that
given the "trendiness" of client-server, there are a lot more errors of
the first type than of the second.
I would further hazard a guess that the likelihood of error is high
enough that real value could be produced by helping people choose the
best architecture.  Borland would be well-placed to market such a
decision system, if they have the resources to develop it or buy it.
Rich
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