Situation:
I have 600+ clients on Windows desktops. Each connects to a mainframe data application via IBM Personal Communications 3270 Terminal Emulation over telnet (ugh!).
What I know:
x3270 works on a RHL 8 server that I use as a testbed. I know that I can use x3270 on this machine natively. Securing the communication channel over SSH is very possible and most definitely preferred over telnet (ugh!)
What I need to know:
To reduce licensing costs (a goal of my employer!) I can foresee deploying access to the x3270 application via a Windoze X client.
Simplicity in deployment is key. Installing cygwin and running X on 600+ machines might be to difficult and would face serious pushback. Trading one license cost for another (e.g. Hummingbird) should be avoided.
Help me entrench Linux just a bit more and promote OSS. Thanks!
If you're going to install Cygwin and XFree86 on the Windows systems, what about the possibility of installing x3270 on those same boxes, as well? The New Features/Change List for x3270:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/7814/man/New.html
has a comment about "Compatibility changes for Cygwin". I don't know if a pre-built x3270 binary for Cygwin is available somewhere, but if you're really talking about 600+ clients accessing the mainframe, it may be worthwhile to build x3270 from the source code for your environment. This solution might not do all that much to help promote Linux (since all software would be running on the Windows boxes), but it would help promote Open Source initiatives. Also, you won't have to worry about the effect of 600 x3270 clients running on your Linux server.
Eric
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