Nick, Have a look at http://www.acs.cc/solutions.html specifically the Information Delivery System (ACS-IDS). This allows you to control the hardware and have Linux, MAC, and Windows machines run Windows applications through an internet connection. I've even seen it work on a Windows Mobile client. It is similar to TS or Citrix, however it acts more like X-Windows displaying only window bits on to the client.
Tracy -----Original Message----- From: NickC Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:14 AM Interesting discussion but moving away somewhat from the originally intended topic. This was not specifically on behalf of any one particular client rather a discussion of what clients in general require at the moment and in the future. A large part of my time is currently spent maintaining remote servers via Terminal Services / Remote Web Workplace, that is not really the subject at hand. Allow me to try again: While recently investigating the subject of Server Virtualization I discovered Proxmox which is a Linux based Machine Virtualisation layer. This had no GUI on the Server but rather operated each virtual machine in a remote VNC console, in my case on Windows. Not only was I rather impressed at how well that worked but I noticed that in addition to creating Virtual Machines one could also create Virtual Applications. I didn't go any further into this because I suspected these Virtual Applications needed to be Linux applications and also because as a Virtual Server it didn't do what I needed, no support for SCSI devices. Anyway it did get me thinking, the reason many clients ask for Web Applications is obviously so they can run them remotely, from anywhere with an Internet connection. Well if the same could be achieved by having a Win32 app using a VNC console that might be more efficient than having to convert and transmit all output as HTML. Anyway, this does not look anywhere near as simple as I had hoped for, it appears to me that to do this VFP would require some sort of Linux Application layer similar to WINE. Rgds, Nick _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/000001c99684$54ab9430$fe02bc...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
