Sorry for the OT - but having subscribed to this list for many years now, I know many participants might be faced with the same issues.
So here goes: We are a 100% open source shop (LAMP - including ltsp for thin-clients) with the exception of our hardware field techs who must use WinXp based laptops because of a proprietary telephone service application they require. We tried running this under wine/crossover without success. The problem we experience (who doesn't) is that these field techs often access the web for technical updates, downloads and who knows what else. And you can imagine what comes down to these machines on those occasions. We've discussed the use of dual-boot laptops but the issue is that these laptops using the windows application tool is used to upload firmware to other clients' systems as they are serviced by these technicians. So, dual-boot doesn't buy us anything. We can deal with the updating issues but getting the techs to the office for system updates and cleansing is extremely difficult let alone time consuming. Therefore, is anyone USING a linux-based facility to manage remote windows-based desktops for the purposes of patches, updates, admin, etc? Of course, we would prefer open sourced facilities but certainly will look at licensed software if necessary. Any thoughts, ideas, directions would be greatly appreciated. Bob Hartford PM _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
