Hi Brad, On 3/5/06, Brad Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It helps to follow the performance tips. You're not going to be able > to watch a QuickTime movie remotely, but I have yet to run into a > situation where BSS couldn't tackle the job of remote application > support or showing a Keynote or demoing a software feature while > talking on the phone. > > Nothing against the VNC people, but so many of my users, especially > in creative fields, get to BSS because (a) VNC configuration is a > PITA,
In both cases you have to set up port forwarding, somewhere. VNC configuration is a case of install, put it a password, run the server, that's it. (b) the implementation of out-of-box security and ease of use > isn't as good as BSS, and (c) there's no mental overhead of > understanding client/server. If you're supporting customers, I don't > know why you'd inflict VNC on them when there are a whole bunch of > better, cheap/free alternatives. Maybe if you're working with other > geeks, and need to upstage each others' geekiness, VNC would be > great. But seriously... VNC was great in its time when we all thought > client/server, but it's a P2P world now, and software people use > ought to be designed that way. I'll make you a demo video, showing how BSS stacks up against VNC, on my network. -- Keith Hutchison http://balance-infosystems.com http://realopen.org _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
