Hello All:Microsoft offers Windows 2000 Terminal Server Edition (and now, Windows 2003 Server with Terminal Server). These products are the competing concept to LTSP from Microsoft. They allow multiple users to concurrently run Windows applications simultaneously. In the Microsoft solution, you would use Windows '98, ME, 2000, XP, or CE on the client for keyboard/mouse input and video/audio output. The application would run on the Windows 2000 TS or Windows 2003 Server.
I am proposing the LTSP as a solution to a client. They currently have all Windows 2000 computers and will be keeping them around. I'm sure they will bring up the question themselves:
Are there any competing solutions from Microsoft to LTSP?
Note: In the Microsoft solution, you must use a Microsoft licensed OS for both the client and server. Even, if you use a Wyse terminal that has Windows CE built-in, you still paid Microsoft for the license in Wyse terminal.
As far as licensing goes on the Windows Server (2000 or 2003), you must pay. First, you must pay for a server license to operate Windows 2000 or 2003 Server. Then you must pay for a Terminal Server Client Access License (TS CAL) for each session that is to be running on the server.
Granted, Windows Terminal Server runs the RDP protocol. So, any device that can communicate RDP (i.e., rdesktop on Linux), can connect to the Windows Terminal Server.
Ken Cobler
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