Re: [SLUG] Win4Lin vs VMWare

[Nigel Maddock <nem@nospam.uow.edu.au>]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 09:27:48PM +1000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Anthony Rumble wrote:
> 
> > Once Citrix Server for Linux is out, the possibility of delivering these
> > "Win4Lin'ed" Applications and other X apps via low speed links like the
> > Internet or modem become a possibility, opening up huge new avenues of
> > interest from ASP companies.
> 
> Erm, didn't Citrix get bought by Microsoft and the product turned into
> Windows Terminal Server?  ie, what you suggest above isn't going to happen
> while Hell remains >0 Kelvin.

http://www.citrix.com/products/metaframe/unix/

Essintially its an ICA <-> X11 gateway, so whatever you can
deliver to X11 terminals you can now deliver to a variety of clients via
ICA. Much nicer bandwith wise too than X11 :)

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