Hi Jason Cirtix is not all bad, there linux support is excelent. Me and my co-worker use it on our linux work stations and is very good. There support for linux is NZ anyway is great.
You do realise that citrix originaly developed the multiuser windows system.. (called multi win) which they sold as product and MS$ bought/licenced it off them and then developed RDP/terminal services. Mahesh > I hope their network falls over then...serves em > right, Citrix is now > owned by MS right???? =) > > Cheers > > J > > Lance BLACKLER wrote: > > > Well Jason is probably more correct - the reality > is that all of the > > desktop PC's at head office are windows machines - > I personally have a > > win 2000 machine - as are the branch managers PC's > - only the branch > > counter machines and a couple of other's that I > have seen in the > > branches run Linux (that is still 300 or so units > though). > > > > I understand that the HO PC's will be replaced > with Citrix terminals > > that display a win 2000 desktop and run the usual > office MS apps from > > the central server. Most of the people that > travel a lot have a > > laptop that they plug into a CRT display and > keyboard etc in their > > office - don't know what will happen to these - > they will presumably > > get to keep them - also running windows of course. > > > > Lance B > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: This morning's Press / MasterTrade > >> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:33:08 +1300 > >> > >> Unless they are switching to desktop PC's running > you know what...but > >> the citrix terminals seem to allude that this > won't happen.... > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> J > >> > >> Nick Rout wrote: > >> > >>> Well it actually doesn't seem too retrograde, at > least you are not > >>> falling back into the arms of Bill. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:08:44 +1300 > >>> Lance BLACKLER > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> I have some information about that Chris - I > work for MasterTrade - > >>>> but not in the IT area. > >>>> > >>>> Brief history - MasterTrade was is an > Electrical and Plumbing > >>>> wholesaler (not just Plumbing as mentioned in > the article) - we > >>>> also have (retail) bathroom showrooms. > Originally formed by a > >>>> merger of NEECO, PDL Sales and A & T Burts - > was owned by PDL - who > >>>> recently were sold to Schneider Electrical > (France) - who in turn > >>>> sold MasterTrade to the Crane Group > (Australia). Crane own the > >>>> Mico companies in New Zealand as well as Corys > Electrical > >>>> (wholesaler). So now they operate MasterTrade > and Corys as 2 > >>>> brands one business and Micos as a separate > brand separate business. > >>>> > >>>> MasterTrade have over the years (under Neil > Helson's direction) > >>>> developed a very good in house sales and > distribution (unix based) > >>>> software - originally running on windows PC's > (on the counters) in > >>>> an emulator - but more recently the PC's have > been running Linux as > >>>> mentioned in the article - and the nationwide > and branch level PC > >>>> networks are also Linux (Redhat). > >>>> > >>>> We also have a AS400 server in our Christchurch > head office. > >>>> > >>>> Why the change now? - Crane are implementing JD > Edwards throughout > >>>> the groups business - so that includes us, > apparantly we will all > >>>> be getting Citrix terminals and as far as I can > tell JDE runs from > >>>> Sun Solaris servers. That's as much as I know > from brief > >>>> discussions with one of our IT staff here, who > at this stage > >>>> doesn't seem to know exactly what the change > entails yet either. > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> > >>>> Lance Blackler > >>>> Heating Technical Advisor > >>>> MasterTrade Corys Ltd > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> From: Christopher Sawtell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> Subject: Re: This morning's Press > >>>>> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:50:22 +1300 > >>>>> > >>>>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:08, you wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> heres a copy of the article, which I don't > particularly like now > >>>>>> that I > >>>>>> have read it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2289011a28,00.html > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> Does anybody know why MasterTrade stopped > using Linux, when > >>>>> according to the > >>>>> art. it was going well? > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Christopher Sawtell > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > _________________________________________________________________ > >>>> Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan > Online > >>>> > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. 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