Jason Dodson wrote:

> - If you need to view an image, how are you going to do it? Are you
> going to
> make every eligible person carry around a special program?

I assume(d) that a database was already in use, so 'eligible persons'
already have access to 'a special program'.

As for your other points; it depends what they want to do with the images.
Sometimes it is better to store on HD and sometimes in the database. So
I can't completely agree or disagree with you.

Dennis