Well, as an alternative, we will be providing a TS machine in the production area, and they can use rdesktop in their favorite unix flavor to connect to that.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For your *nix geeks, if they really don't want to use Windows for their > desk top, there was an OS replacement for NT that was really an > X-windows server (or client however you view that sort of mess) that > made a Windows based desktop available for *nix boxes. You can control > that type of environment all you want. > > I had it up in a test phase for our circuit provisioners that used Sun > boxes and barely had room for their 3000 dollar Gateway boxes (this was > back in the early 90's). We had Word, Outlook (for Exchange 4.0) and a > couple of other office apps running on the X-windows server desktop. > > > John H. Matteson, Jr. > Systems Administrator/ITT Systems > FOB Orgun-E > Afghanistan > DSN - 318 431 8001 > VoSIP - (308) 431 - 0000 > Iridium - 717.633.3823 > Roshain - 079 - 736 - 3832 > > "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group > in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among > you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the > Stars and Stripes." Woodrow Wilson > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 4:57 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Supporting Linux Clients > > Heh. Definitely not there yet. But I expect to have made great progress > by this time next year. > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Don Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Good luck - I personally think you are going the right direction - > > we're still trying to get there. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:17 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Supporting Linux Clients > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Joseph L. Casale > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > IMAP is out of the question, so I am stuck! > > > > > > IMAP is really the way to go for this kind of thing. IMAP is the > > > Internet standard for server-based mailbox access, same way that > > SMTP > is the Internet standard for mail transport. Any chance you > > can get > that restriction re-thought? > > > > > > -- Ben > > > > > > While I agree that IMAP is a good standard, I come at it from a > > different POV: Using IMAP denies individual use of certain features > > that might be important to the enterprise. Certainly calendaring, > > voting buttons, and some other goodies aren't going to be supported. > > Joseph didn't state the customer culture or use case for his > > environment, so I can't comment on that, but in my $job, we have a few > > > (literally - no more than 3) engineers who have been absolutely > > adamant about using Linux to access our Exchange installation. > > > > Sucks to be them - they get the web interface. In point of fact, I'm > > > still working towards a corporate environment where the standard tasks > > > (email/word processing/spreadsheets/etc.) will be done on Windows > > machines, in a tightly controlled desktop environment where users are > > > local users, not local administrators. It's a long row to hoe, but I'm > > > starting to make headway. The flip side of that, though, is that the > > engineers will have two machines, one on the corporate domain, the > > other in a test/dev network that won't talk (except in tightly > > controlled ways) to the corporate network. They'll have their own lab > > > manager for the things they do, though I'll probably still be on tap > > for whatever help is needed. > > > > Bottom line - no IMAP for you! > > > > Different POV and business requirements is all. > > > > Kurt > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
