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


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