Jens Benecke wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 08:23:18AM -0700, David Peet wrote:
>
> > The "Server 1.0" is just what was in beta for a while, a multi-session
> > capable version of the current Win4Lin. "C" drives cannot be shared
> > between users, at least no simultaneously, so each simultaineous user
> > needs to use their own installed Windows and applications.
>
> Hi David,
>
> thanks for the quick answer.
>
> Then that's not a solution for us ATM. We need to enable users (kids) to
> run 50 identical Windows copies at the same time (for projects or in
> class).
>
> > For the next server version we are working on "copy-on-write" schemes to
> > allow both disk space sharing (and the performance improvments that come
> > from this) and ease of administration. The copy-on-write scheme giv..
> > ..cuments.) But there are other interesting scenarios that involve more
> > permanent setups, and those two can be done with copy-on-write to make
> > the adminstration easier as well as saving on disk space (and backup
> > space!).
>
> Great. This is what I want :-)
>
> Can you give a rough time frame on that (i.e. is it just an idea, or is it
> being developed already, can we hope for a beta/preview this year?)
This year. Work is in progress. NOTE: We don't like to announce anything anymore
without hard dates, so this is not an annoucement. We get really beat up about
missing a date, even by an hour sometimes, even when the date was obviously soft
to start with. So we seem to be gun-shy now, perhaps too much.
-David
> I'm not going to blame you if you miss the date, I just want to get a rough
> idea on how long I have to keep the school from upgrading to Windows 2000
> "for extra security" (bah).
>
> --
> Jens Benecke "Und deshalb sollte man ja auch immer _alle_
> Editoren installieren: XEmacs _und_ Vim."
> -- Sven Guckes
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>
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