One more way to obtain a skinned cat:
http://www.maconlinux.org/
Looks like you can run Mac applications in Linux, which would imply x11,
which should be able to run forwarded. You'd need a PPC Linux box for
the apps, and a sparc or x86 for the sunray frontend.. never tried it,
but it's possible, and I'd love to know if it works.
Craig Bender wrote:
Hi JB,
Couple of ways to skin a cat.
If you want to really keep your MAC's then you can always X-display the
Solaris applications back or even better use Tarantella to deliver them
to the MAC's.
Granted you don't do windows, but if you want to keep Sun Rays on
everyones desk would you do Wine/Codeweavers? You could setup a Linux
CrossOver Office Server and deliver the Windows version of QBP to the
Sun Rays (all without Windows).
just a few options to mull over.
Jim Gottlieb wrote:
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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