I called Codeweavers, reached a salesperson who knew all about LTSP, and got a quote immediately for a school needing to use Office at $38 each user.
I called NeTraverse, talked to a salesperson who had never heard about LTSP, didn't feel comfortable answering any questions, and asked me to send an email to get sales help for any terminal server questions.... His pricing was $78/user, and didn't have any information about educational discounts. Yikes. What is the licensing for Win4Lin on LTSP? I'm assuming you need a license per user when loaded on LTSP? Steve On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:03:48 +0100, John McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:06:34 +0200 > "Wyatt Rowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > BlankHi All, > > > > I am busy investigating replacing a Citrix Metaframe 1.8 server with > > LTSP and only really have one issue - I need to keep MS Office 97, > > specifically Excel 97, to run as an application on LTSP. This > > unfortunately is a prerequisite and there is no other option but to > > keep Excel 97 due to the clients needs. I can not even change them > > over to Office 2000 or XP. > > > > I have not installed LTSP for testing yet and am merely investigating > > my options at this stage. I am thinking along the lines of using WINE > > on LTSP to get this working, dose anyone know offhand if this will > > work or have any other suggestions. > > Wine may work for you - it never has for me. If you don't mind spending > some money, the commercial product CrossOver Office > http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/cxoffice/ may be a safer bet, > although I admit I haven't tried it personally on LTSP or otherwise. > > What I have used for a number of years on LTSP is another commercial > product, Win4Lin, http://www.netraverse.com/products/win4lin50/ which > runs like a dream on LTSP and has run any MS-Windows software I have > tried on it. > > However, with the increasing quality of OpenOffice.org, I can't remember > the last time I kicked off Win4Lin to run Word or Excel. Unless your > clients have some hideous Excel macros or third-party plug-ins, I'd give > OpenOffice.org a serious look. > > John > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > -- Steve Hargadon 916-652-8600 ext. 711 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
