windows server 2008 will allow all functions of JAWS ILM services and rules to be handled throughout a client interface. it does however take a bit of time to fine tune the behaviours of each client profile including service rules, update profiles, etc.
lew On 10 Apr 2012, at 22:20, Chris Blouch wrote: > This is from a while ago but I did want to point out that Jaws does offer > something called their Internet License Manager. So you can install Jaws on > 1000 machines and point them to your ILM and only X numbers of copies will > run at any particular moment. It's similar to the idea behind the Sasafrass > Keyserver. You can install all you want but only launch up to the limit of > your licenses. Especially nice for high-cost occasional use applications in a > large enterprise. > > All that said, apparently OnLive ran afoul of Microsoft's concurrency license > rules and had to switch over to Windows Server 2008, which may or may not run > the latest goodies. > > CB > > On 3/5/12 3:26 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: >> the whole point of this is a net based sub operating system for sighted >> users. this won't support screen reader technologies for 2 reasons, firstly >> the compatibility of the graphics chip on the device to a system like jaws >> and secondly the legal ramifications concerning the installation of JAWS on >> the developer's hosts to then be included to each installation. this is >> something which would cost the developer an absolute fortune. >> >> from what I have heard through a fellow techie, it is actually possible to >> run windows XP directly on it's own on an ipad without using a server >> elsewhere. it requires some tweaking and a bit of technical knowhow but from >> what I understand it's completely possible. >> >> from my years in the IT sector, I've worked between windows, Mac OS, linux >> and unix and I have to say, there's always challenges, always different ways >> an OS will behave, it's limitations and inclusions, etc. >> >> oh well lol. >> >> lew >> >> On 5 Mar 2012, at 01:22, Reinhard Stebner wrote: >> >>> There is just one problem, Assistive Technology such as screen readers. I >>> am not going to be able to access any of this stuff because I am unable to >>> run a screen reader on it. >>> *From:*[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>[mailto:[email protected]]*On >>> Behalf Of*Cheree Heppe >>> *Sent:*Thursday, March 01, 2012 1:32 AM >>> *To:*[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> *Subject:*hybrid computing >>> Cheree Heppe here: >>> This sounds as if it may solve a number of problems. See article below. >>> N Y Times Tech news for the week of Thursday 2/23/2012 >>> Windows on the iPad, and Speedy >>> By [7]DAVID POGUE >>> You're probably paying something like $60 a month for high-speed >>> Internet. I'm paying $5 a month, and my connection is 1,000 times >>> faster. >>> Your [8]iPad can't play Flash videos on the Web. Mine can. >>> Your copy of Windows needs constant updating and patching and >>> protection against viruses and spyware. Mine is always clean and always >>> up-to-date. >>> No, I'm not some kind of smug techno-elitist; you can have all of that, >>> too. All you have to do is sign up for a radical iPad service called >>> OnLive Desktop Plus. >>> It's a tiny app -- about 5 megabytes. When you open it, you see a >>> standard Windows 7 desktop, right there on your iPad. The full, latest >>> versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader >>> are set up and ready to use -- no installation, no serial numbers, no >>> pop-up balloons nagging you to update this or that. It may be the least >>> annoying version of Windows you've ever used. >>> That's pretty impressive -- but not as impressive as what's going on >>> behind the scenes. The PC that's driving your iPad Windows experience >>> is, in fact, a "farm" of computers at one of three data centers >>> thousands of miles away. Every time you tap the screen, scroll a list >>> or type on the on-screen keyboard, you're sending signals to those >>> distant computers. The screen image is blasted back to your iPad with >>> astonishingly little lag. >>> There's an insane amount of technology behind this stunt -- 10 years in >>> the making, according to the company's founder. (He's a veteran of >>> Apple's original QuickTime team and Microsoft's WebTV and Xbox teams.) >>> OnLive Desktop builds on the company's original business, a service >>> that lets gamers play high-horsepower video games on Macs or >>> low-powered Windows computers like netbooks. >>> The free version of the OnLive Desktop service arrived in January. It >>> gives you Word, Excel and PowerPoint, a few basic Windows apps (like >>> Paint, Media Player, Notepad and Calculator), and 2 gigabytes of >>> storage. >>> Plenty of apps give you stripped-down versions of Office on the iPad. >>> But OnLive Desktop gives you the complete Windows Office suite. In >>> Word, you can do fancy stuff like tracking changes and high-end >>> typography. In PowerPoint, you can make slide shows that the iPad >>> projects with all of the cross fades, zooms and animations intact. >>> Thanks to Microsoft's own Touch Pack add-on, all of this works with >>> touch-screen gestures. You can pinch and spread two fingers to zoom in >>> and out of your Office documents. You can use Windows' impressive >>> handwriting recognition to enter text (although a Bluetooth keyboard >>> works better). You can flick to scroll through a list. >>> Instead of clicking the mouse on things, you can simply tap, although a >>> stylus works better than a fingertip; many of the Windows controls are >>> too tiny for a finger to tap precisely. (On a real Windows PC, you >>> could open the Control Panel to enlarge the controls for touch use -- >>> but OnLive's simulated PC is lacking the Control Panel, which is one of >>> its few downsides.) >>> OnLive Desktop is seamless and fairly amazing. And fast; on what other >>> PC does Word open in one second? >>> But the only way to get files onto and off OnLive Desktop is using a >>> Documents folder on the desktop. To access it, you have to visit >>> OnLive's Web site on your actual PC. >>> The news today is the new service, called OnLive Desktop Plus. It's not >>> free -- it costs $5 a month -- but it adds Adobe Reader, Internet >>> Explorer and a 1-gigabit-a-second Internet connection. >>> That's not a typo. And "1-gigabit Internet" means the fastest >>> connection you've ever used in your life -- on your iPad. It means >>> speeds 500 or 1,000 times as fast as what you probably get at home. It >>> means downloading a 20-megabyte file before your finger lifts from the >>> glass. >>> You get the same speed in both directions. You can upload a 30-megabyte >>> file in one second. >>> And remember, you're using a state-of-the-art Windows computer, so you >>> can play any kind of video you might encounter online. OnLive Desktop >>> Plus turns the iPad from a tablet that can't play Flash videos at all >>> -- into the smoothest Flash player you've ever used. And yes, that >>> includes watching free TV atHulu.com <http://Hulu.com>, which you can't >>> otherwise do on >>> the iPad. >>> The Plus version's Internet connection makes a world of difference. Now >>> you can use DropBox to get files onto and off your iPad from other >>> gadgets, like Macs and PCs. (That, the company says, is why the Plus >>> service still offers only 2 gigabytes of storage for your files; it >>> figures you've now got the whole Internet as your storage bin.) You can >>> get to your Gmail, Yahoo mail, corporate Exchange mail and other online >>> accounts -- with ridiculously quick response. >>> Now, you might be wondering: What good is a 1-gigabit connection on >>> OnLive's end, if the far slower connection on my end is the bottleneck? >>> The secret is that OnLive isn't sending you all of the data from your >>> Web browsing session. It's sending you only a video stream the size of >>> your iPad screen. For example, if you're playing a hi-def video, OnLive >>> pares down the data to just what your iPad can show. If you scroll a >>> video off the screen, OnLive doesn't bother sending you its data. And >>> so on. >>> OnLive (free) and OnLive Plus ($5 a month) are both brilliantly >>> executed steps forward into the long-promised world of "thin client" >>> computing, in which we can use cheap, low-powered computers to run >>> programs that live online. But the company's next plans are even more >>> exciting. >>> For example, the company intends to develop a third service, called >>> OnLive Pro ($10 a month), that will let you run any Windows programs >>> you want. Photoshop, Firefox, Autodesk, games -- whatever. >>> The company still isn't sure how that will work; somehow, you'll have >>> to prove that you actually own the software you're running on its >>> servers. But what a day that will be, when you can run any Windows >>> program on earth on your iPad. >>> And not just on your iPad. The company is also working on bringing >>> OnLive to Android tablets, iPhones and [9]iPod Touches, Macs and PCs, >>> and even to TV sets. (That last trick would require a small set-top >>> box.) >>> Suddenly Mac fans will have the full world of Windows and all of its >>> programs -- without the speed and memory penalties of programs like >>> Parallels and VMWare. And nobody will have to worry about viruses, >>> spyware or software updates; OnLive's virtual PCs are always pristine. >>> This is all so crazy cool, it seems almost ungrateful to point out the >>> flaws -- but here goes. >>> The delay between finger touch and on-screen response is usually tiny. >>> But when you paint or use the handwriting recognition, the lag is >>> painful. >>> Since you're actually viewing a video stream, you sometimes see typical >>> video stream glitches like low-resolution text blocks that quickly >>> clear up. >>> OnLive says that its service works great over 4G cellular connections >>> (like the one provided by an LTE MiFi) -- but 3G connections and feeble >>> hotel Wi-Fi hot spots are too slow to be satisfying. OnLive wants at >>> least a 2-megabits-a-second connection on your end. >>> Finally, you have to sign into OnLive every time you want to use it, >>> even if you've just flicked away to another iPad app. (OnLive says >>> it'll fix that.) >>> Even so, if ever there were a poster child for the potential of cloud >>> computing, OnLive is it. This is jaw-dropping, extremely polished >>> technology. 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