On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I remember Sun -or perhaps it was StarDivision- once sold a StarOffice > "network computing" edition, basically what I think it did was install > a OO.o/SO Server on a LAN, and remote users connected -over VNC or > likewise thin-client protocol- via a Java applet in their browsers, to > the StarOffice app. > > So, has anyone played with such a setup in OpenOffice ? Notice I don´t > want to give remote users access to the full desktop or a remote Linux > desktop session, just the application. In other words, what I mean is > the VNC-ization of the OO app... >
rollApp appears to do some form of GUI virtualization, but to an iPad: https://www.rollapp.com/OpenOffice The tablet is the new "thin client", yes? They use DropBox and Google Drive as the file stores for user documents. -Rob > Ideally, a server could be set up with each app (Calc, Writer, > Impress) on different tcpip ports so users could start with a new > document directly by using a different URL. > > Perhaps this exists already, I´m not sure. The components to do so > clearly are out there... for instance TightVNC (GPL) has a Java applet > viewer with ssh http://www.tightvnc.com/ssh-java-vnc-viewer.php > > I´m surprised no one has made a ready-made fire and forget installer > for this kind of setup. > > Thoughts? comments? -TIA > FC > -- > During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary > act > Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un > Acto Revolucionario > - George Orwell
