Re: [SLUG] Win4Lin vs VMWare

[Jon Biddell <jon@nospam.fl.net.au>]

At 09:27 PM 6/5/00, 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.

Umm... Not quite - they used to sell an OS called WinFrame - that 
ostensibly became NT Terminal Server (a 1/2 good O/S, compared to their 
normal offerings, but too limited in what it can run - i.e. not everything 
that runs under NT will run under NT/TS).

MetaFrame is the Citrix "patch" (for want of a better term) that sits on 
top of NT/TS and makes it work, sort of...

I can run Word on my Linux box via the MetaFrame client by logging into my 
office server farm - and it's pretty darn cool - the last reason I need 
EvilWare (PCAnywhere - I have to use this for server maintenance all over 
SE Asia) is now GONE !!!

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