Terminal services doesn't even work 100% on PPC, I doubt we'll see in on Palm in the near future. On the brighter side, in my dealings with Citrix, it has been implied to me that they are working on something that is Palm OS compatible. Don't know what, I haven't kept up with their news releases lately.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 11:30 AM Subject: Re: Terminal Services client for Palm? > > "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:70955@palm-dev-forum... > > > > "Karl Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:70945@palm-dev-forum... > > > > > > Is a Windows Terminal Services client available for Palm? > > > > Not that I know, but there is a Palm OS port of VNC, a similar program. > > Ben, > > I'm familiar with VNC. Actually, there is very little similarity between > VNC and Terminal Services. VNC allows a user to remotely control a single > computer (the "host"), and when controlling that host, the remote user > completely takes over the host. By contrast, each remote user in a Terminal > Services or Citrix environment gets their own NT desktop but does not take > over the entire PC; each terminal server can serve multiple remote users, > each with their own remote desktops and running their own applications. > Thus, TS is kind of like "NT does UNIX". All processing is done on the > terminal server, but each remote user has their own, protected space. Like > VNC, a terminal services client only communicates screen updates, keyboard > clicks and mouse movements with the host. > > The appeal of this technology is that a user running a Palm (or - shudder - > Pocket PC) handheld can run applications on the terminal server via a > wireless network card, dial-up with modem - whatever but all they are doing > is viewing a desktop. However, since the portable doesn't have to do any > "real" processing, things that wouldn't even be considered possible with the > handheld due to processor speed, memory, and storage space limitations > suddenly become possible. By designing an app to run under Windows but with > Palm-sized form dimensions, the whole Windows world is opened up to the Palm > user. And, the tools a developer already knows how to use, be they Delphi, > VB, Access, etc. PLUS all third-party components - are now available as > development tools for the handheld platform. The only restriction (yes, I > know this could be a big restriction, but I'm talking about controlled > enviroments where users can be virtually guaranteed to be constantly > connected to the server) is that the handheld user must be in constant > communication with the terminal server. With a wireless network, however, > this is now a possibility. > > Karl Perry > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
