yea, that's my current problem, we arn't a company with deep pockets, yet we have these windows apps that we can't live without.. (supplier provided, no souce, crappy VB/access stuff) and we need them avaliable all over the place for part info lookup. Thank You, Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 jrsmit2 at uswest.com wrote: > > I run two metaframe servers, one using citrix winframe, and one using > windows terminal server. > > They work, but they take GOBS of admin time. You must remember there's > nothing about Windows NT's design that enables it to be a real multi-user > environment. I'd consider either product a tremendous hack, and most every > application has a seriously hard time dealing the the concept (gasp!) of > multiple users using the same applicationat the same time. So you have to > wrap everything in registry hacking scripts in order to make it work, set up > your profiles seperatrely, etc, etc. > > That wouldn't be SO bad, if Microsoft wanted their Windows Terminal Server > product to exist, but they don't. So they charge you an arm and a leg for > it, plus Citrix ain't cheap, and any non ICA (Citrix's terminal protocol) > prouct is even more. > > I don't recommend it unless you're at a company with deep pockets. > > Jer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Kochie [mailto:ben at nerp.net] > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 11:48 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG:19737] hello? > > > list seemed kidna dead today.. figured i'd start something off.. > > citrix metaframe to provide windows apps to linux > networks.. good? bad? anyone besides chewie used it before? :) > > Thank You, > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) > > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] > | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] > | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] > | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > > "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org