[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Why no open-source TS server for Windows?

2006-05-27 Thread Fred
Gudmund Areskoug > have you considered and tried Wine and/or CrossOver Office? Way too risky considering the context. My question was merely to know if, as a way to save money on setting a full fledged Windows Server and TS licenses, it were easy to build an open-source alternative to TS on Wi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Why no open-source TS server for Windows?

2006-05-24 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/24/06, Patrick Noffke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Microsoft's licencing basically says that if you *display* windows/office on a screen, by any means, you pay for the licence(s). So, whether you use MS terminal server, rdesktop or anything else, you still pay the cash. How does VNC get away

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Why no open-source TS server for Windows?

2006-05-24 Thread Patrick Noffke
Phil Davey wrote: Microsoft's licencing basically says that if you *display* windows/office on a screen, by any means, you pay for the licence(s). So, whether you use MS terminal server, rdesktop or anything else, you still pay the cash. How does VNC get away with it? --

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Why no open-source TS server for Windows?

2006-05-24 Thread Phil Davey
On Wed, 24 May 2006, Fred wrote: Because the applications they need are only available in Windows. I was asking because I thought it wasn't that hard to write an open-source alternative to the MS/Citrix offer based on the work already done for LTSP and rdesktop, but obviously, it's a lot more i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: Why no open-source TS server for Windows?

2006-05-24 Thread Gudmund Areskoug
Hi Fred, Fred wrote: > At 22:54 23/05/2006 -0700, "Paul VanGundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I know that this subject is about an open-source TS server for >> Windows, but why would you > need one when you can have LTSP clients authenticating against a Windows > ADS? > > Because the applicat

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Why no open-source TS server for Windows?

2006-05-24 Thread Fred
At 22:54 23/05/2006 -0700, "Paul VanGundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I know that this subject is about an open-source TS server for Windows, but why would you need one when you can have LTSP clients authenticating against a Windows ADS? Because the applications they need are only available in

[Ltsp-discuss] Re: Why no open-source TS server for Windows?

2006-05-23 Thread Fred
Thanks everyone for the input. I'll forward the arguments in case some customers ask for alternatives to TS. Fred. --- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of R