Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Jeff Hill" <[email protected]> · Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:50:02 -0700

>
> Tim Mooney wrote:
> But if we require the end user to install the interface 
> as a separate, priviledged operation, we lose a big chunk 
> of the potential audience.  Most folks at APS aren't
> authorized to install software on their own office computer,
> for example, because of computer-security rules.
> 

Again, I know very little about Java, but it seems that if we did the
necessary work up front that we could have a small set of system
specific java scripts maintained in a central repository that would
perform a user specific CA client library install that does not require
system administrator privileges. 

> Chip Watson wrote:
> The VERY strong advantage of a pure java implementation is the >
ability to deploy applications to the desktop, with automatic 
> upgrade to new versions using Java Web Start, with no 
> requirements for ANY locally installed code.

I suppose, that with enough effort, an automatic upgrade would also be
possible, but perhaps this is a non issue because many users might
prefer, and in some cases demand, that they choose when and when not to
receive a new version.

Jeff

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System