Re: Are you writing ATM software?

[Fabio Pettinati <fabio@voreas.com>]

Another possibility is to use a web-based interface. You have your "engine"
  running on the server, and you use a web browser (html + javascript) as 
the user interface. For most applications this model is very generic and 
powerful. There are several free libraries for creating cgi-bin 
applications, and also creating gif/png/pdf images on the fly one can use 
as well.

Quite recently, while in between assignments (a Silicon-valley euphemism 
for being unemployed) I began porting PLOP to the MacOS X (essentially BSD 
Unix) first as a tool then as a GUI application. Now that I am busy again 
(and not collecting unemployment checks anymore) I don't have the time to 
the GUI port (the tool port is done). Instead I plan on having a 
derivative of PLOP available on a web site for public consumption in the 
near future.

Fabio
San Jose, CA

On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 08:20  PM, Michael D. Crawford wrote:

>
> Are you writing software for use by the ATM?
>
> If you write OS-specific software, it can be hard to port to another
> system, and it may not be possible if the author doesn't want to release
> source code, while also not having expertise or equipment for other
> systems.
>
> There is a solution to this - use a cross-platform application
> framework.