It wasnt an edition more like a mode, you did $ soffice -net and you can have variou users conenected, there was a pertner that even did some Active Directory authentication. http://openofficetechnology.com/products/OpenOffice-Enterprise
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org
