Re: Delphi - desktop, Web, or USB?

Brian Moelk wrote:
Gordos Colos wrote:
Well, can you have an anti-virus software on a stick? Haven't heard of
any. But if so, what about updates (vir defs) and so on? Would you feel
save using it like this?

Yes, actually you can:
http://portableapps.com/news/2007-08-23_-_clamwin_portable_0.91.2

OK. I had a look at this site and it really started me thinking. A few days ago I was ordering a new compact Dell (Latitude D430), and was tempted to order a USB memory stick with the capacity of 8 GB. The price was not that forbidding for one thing, and the capacity of those sticks are increasing incredibly fast.

I work two places and carry a portable between the two places. I now see that this is stupid. What I really want to carry is the contents of the hard disk (which weighs nothing), not the hardware needed to access the hard disk. Yes, I need two computers, but I do not have to carry them.

Having all the software on a USB stick together with the corresponding data reduces what I have to carry to something I can carry in the same pocket as the loose change. As a second best alternative, I bought a Western Digital USB hard disk the other day for storage of music and pictures. 120 GB of storage for the same price as an 8 GB memory stick. Physically small, but probably quite fragile.

As a researcher, what I would really like to have (in addition to the applications on the portable apps setup) on a stick or memory device are:

-- An OO type of language like Delphi.

-- A typographical system like LaTex with at good editor, the ideal would be something like WinEdt which also handles R.

-- A statistical system like R

At least at the moment, I think this is the future. Find a computer, plug in the thing, and start working.

Tom
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