Ben Kochie wrote: > 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) This is exactly the problem I have. We work with several large lumber companies and they all provide these awful visual basic programs to provide sizing information for their products. The damn things fail as often as they work - I consider the things less productive and more destructive than a virus. Unfortunately they will not provide sizing information in any other form (I've even offered to write sotware for them in a real language and been turned down - they consider visual basic to be a desirable feature). Ok, I've vented I feel better now. My interim solution is to have a single windows box hooked into the network and using VNC to allow our users to access to it via their X-Terminals one at a time. No one is happy. Oh well... Kent > > > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > | 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 -- Kent Schumacher Structural Wood Corporation 4000 Labore Rd. St. Paul, MN 55110 Phone: (651) 426-8111 Fax: (651) 426-6859 e-mail: kent at structural-wood.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org