Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
WebClient Applications

ASP scenario

As an ASP, you rent applications to end users, who install and run the applications over the Web or an extranet. Your end users might perform tasks like the following:

Identifying the application — End users identify the application on your Web site as a likely business solution through a Web search.
Evaluating the application — End users sample the application through a live demonstration, installed and executed directly on their systems over the Web. You make this option available by providing the application in a demo mode, complete with online documentation and sample data.
Subscribing to the application — You allow end users access to a measured level of application functionality based on a price-driven subscription agreement. You maintain and administer the application’s back end (its servers, databases, and so on).
Downloading, installing, and launching the application — Your Web site grants end users access to the application, including the purchased level of functionality controlled by a version-based license. This allows them to download and install the application directly from a server, complete with all supporting OpenEdge components. End users then run the application, which access the business logic on your back-end server.