Yes I agree thin client is not good option. Do we have any central patch management utility.
vikram > It really depends on the ITC policies, and yes, OOo can be updated > relatively simple specially on Linux. Current versions of OOo are > update rather simple through an update script. However windows might > be different. > > Oracle sees this as a way to make money and product differentiation by > making their commercial platform (Oracle Open Office) be able to > update by downloading simple update packages. > > I do have some questions, for example, openoffice.org can support a > version control on the network that similar to Active Directory for > unattended machines. This is provided by a company in the US through a > Java service. > > Also there are other ways to deploy OOo such as OOo-LAN mode which can > be installed under a thin-client 'like' environment having 1 OOo > runing with several users using it from their desktop. However people > that have tried this have told me that it could be very network > intensive. > > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Vikram Gaur > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Can we install one local openoffice.org server in a office which will >> update the product from openoffice.org main server. Openoffice.org >> installed in desktop in LAN should be updated from local server instead >> of internet. >> >> Regards, >> >> Vikram Gaur >> >> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:48 +0200, Sophie wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> Alexandro Colorado wrote: >>> > Thanks for your email, and I agree this is a great concern for the >>> > user experience that international communities have. Also an issue >>> > that maybe business and consultants could pick up. >>> >>>  From what I see in my daily job with companies, we disable the >>> registration, the update functionality, the feedback program and any >>> query that may be activated, etc. Most of the time, users are not >>> allowed to browse on Internet at the office, so all the functionalities >>> that need Internet connexion are disabled. >>> Versions need to be internally qualified before deployment in the >>> company, they do not follow up on the latest version we release >>> (sometime they need one year to qualify a version...). >>> This follow also the request from Olivier to disable the start center >>> or >>> the ability to customize the links on it to internal repositories. So >>> for us the localization of these parts are a concern for individual or >>> very small companies not for larger one. In my opinion, it's more a >>> marketing concern about the professionalism and the quality we're >>> offering. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Sophie >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > OpenOffice.org Español > http://es.openoffice.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
