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> > o Can't access Intranet resources (unless you trust the company
> > with your id and password - which may well infringe AUPs and best
> > security practices).
>
> is this true? the intranet needs to talk to their server, not
> vice versa, surely?
No. Sorry, I had a incorrect model for how the service worked.
Agree with your other points - but not that Opera is best left to Wagner
(in another posting). Witty but I don;'t agree.
Brian
> > o Reliance on server available and network connectivity
> to remote
> > site.
> true.
>
> > O Reliance on continued availability of the company
> (e.g. company
> > doesn't go bust, company doesn't increase its charges, change its
> > conditions, etc.)
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
>
> true, of course; but against that
>
> * it means no work for the host site, and no maintenance
> * the cost is low
>
> if the company crash and burn in a year, we'd have spent a
> thousand quid on a service some might find useful. our
> exposure is limited.
> --
> Sebastian Rahtz OUCS Information Manager
> 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN. Phone +44 1865 283431
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