Greg Twyford wrote: > I seem to also remember a previous discussion that got down to the > point of you explaining the licensing costs still paid to Microsoft > for the privilege of attaching thin clients on the network which also > runs an MS server. > > Correct me, please, if I have once again misreported the details, but > I know for certain that I lost interest when you explained the costs > of this additional TC licensing.
Yes you always have to pay the Microsoft tax. It's a saving in hardware and techie time not licensing fees. > And, no, I'm not into remote support and, in fact, I'm in the process > of warning some of my clients against the practice of one of the local > PM software vendors who install VNC into practices for remote support, > without explaining the risks to their customers. > > Yes, it's the freeware version, whose web site recommends against its > use over the Internet in favour of a more secure, but not free, version. > > I do, however, have a couple of GPs accessing their server via an > IPSEC VPN, so they can have dinner with their family, then work from > their home office. Works great for Medicare Online batching. I'd > prefer to stay away from PPTP, VNC, RDP and PcAnywhere, except where > the latter three are running inside such a VPN. Every GP wants remote access to their data. I have yet to meet one that doesn't but I am really looking forward to the day when I can also get access to other docs' data (on a as needs basis :-). David -- "UFW. Deb does linux."
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