Hi Mike, Given that you're running a custom VB app, the question you pose is a bit more about citrix/mac than it is about universe. Citrix will provide remote access to any app from the citrix client. Your VB app will run on a windows box with citrix server software. Citrix does have mac clients (9 and 10), so what you suggest is certainly feasible. Issues related to running any app under citrix include running multiple client instances (can your app run multiple instances on one windows box?), scale (each citrix server will run multiple instances of your app -- how many will you need to provide adequate performance?), security (your users will have a "citrix logon" and an "application logon" unless you take steps to merge 'em) and access to local resources (e.g., your app running on a central citrix server may want to try to "print" to a "local" printer -- citrix helps here, but can be tricky).
VNC is another option, depending on needs. Much less ability (but hence, simpler ...). I've run citrix farms supporting 100s of concurrent users accessing an app from 50-100 locations over a WAN on various platforms. I'm not a big fan of Citrix, but it is definately a best-of-class solution to a set of problems (I try to avoid having this particular set of problems, but sometimes can't be avoided!). Hope this helps and I'm sure others out there will have thoughts as well. Bill -----Original Message----- >From: Mike Pflugfelder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: May 12, 2006 2:48 PM >To: u2-users <[email protected]> >Subject: [U2] Citrix with Universe > >Does anyone out here have experience with Citrix as it pertains to >Universe? > >We have some customers / prospects that use Macs as their desktop >computer and would like to connect to our app. Our front-end is written >in Visual Basic and doesn't run on the Mac. Someone from sales just >mentioned that we might be able to use Citrix to get the app to a Mac. >So, does Citrix have a Mac client? Does anyone have any war stories >from an implementation or anything like that? > >Thanks, >-Mike Pflugfelder >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ---------------------------------------- Bill Hazard email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
