On 18/11/05, Neven MacEwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Paul
Why, Mono/JRE would be a 'better' option
Paul A Norman wrote:
> It would look pretty good for Linux to provide that base that people are
> looking for, but will Delphi be positioned to be in the mix when iy happens?
>
> On 18/11/05, *Paul Eggleton* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> Neven MacEwan wrote on Friday, 18 November 2005 10:39 a.m.:
> > The problem with Kylix was a tiny demand for Linux Desktops, This
> > is compounded by Linux having no practical equivalent of Terminal
> > Services/ Citrix
>
> This has been true until fairly recently. Now there is NX
> (http://www.nomachine.com/ < http://www.nomachine.com/>). This is a
> commercial product. I have used
> the NoMachine NX client in conjunction with the FreeNX server
> (http://freenx.berlios.de/ ) and I can tell you that as a user and
> administrator of a Citrix farm, NX is approaching the level of Citrix
> and possibly exceeds the capabilities of Terminal Services / RDP. There
> are issues, of course, but it is getting there.
>
> > The leap in Open Source in in apps (Thunderbird, firefox, Opera,
> Open
> > Office)
>
> I agree. However I think the apps are now there, whereas they weren't
> when Kylix came out.
>
> > It will take years for Linux to make a dent in the desktop
>
> Maybe. Inroads are being made and have already been made, though.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
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