On 2005-08-03 at 13:06, Dseven ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> I'm curious about what Mac-specific apps you might want to run in this
> model?

For us the application is Quickbooks Pro.  We used to use ABS, a
COBOL-based program that we ran under Solaris, but it was hard
(impossible) to find anyone familiar with this program, the program
cost a fortune, and the bookkeepers hated it (they're used to point and
click) so we caved to pressure from the accounting department
and switched to Quickbooks Pro.

The problem is that now anyone who needs access to our accounting
system needs access to a Mac (we don't do Windows).  But if we replace
their Sun Ray with a Mac, they lose access to all our Solaris-based
in-house applications (well, we can set up scripts to invoke them using
remote X display).  We hope to make them all web-based eventually,
but eventually is a ways off.

Still, management really likes the Sun Rays and they don't like the
idea of moving away from it and all its features like session
portability.
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