on 8/30/02 3:38, John DeSoi at desoi /AT/ icx .D.OT net wrote:
> Yes, I agree that open protocols and published specifications are > great, but you'll want to have a good library on the client side of > the connection to make life bearable. Otherwise you are stuck parsing > every bit of data on your own. This is not HTTP and using something > like XML as the transfer protocol would be a mistake. > > Ideally, code using the existing libraries would work with the server > with only minor changes. I think it will be a big disadvantage if you > have to have two separate code bases to work embedded versus > client/server.
BTW, also good point.
Brian, problems can come If in future it needs to change something in protocol. In this case you need change your connection.
In API case it also needs to get new version of VXCMD client
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