> > Hi everybody, > > can somebody shed some light into the different possibilities to access a Windows > server from a Sunray. As far as I can see there are at least 4 options now: rdesktop, > Citrix, Sun Secure Global Desktop Software (Tarantella), and now Sun Ray Connector > for Windows Operating Systems. We know and rdesktop and Citrix and I am wondering > what the advantages/disadvantages of the various software solutions are. We use it > as a possibility for our users to access a Windows-2003 Server (desktop) since > some applications are unfortunately not available for Solaris/Sparc (Adobe Acrobat, > Adobe Illustrator) or not fully functional (StarOffice compared to MS Office). > > To me it looks like there is a large overlap in functionality of the 4 solutions so > I am wondering what the real differences are and whether we would be better of with > one of the other solutions. The only advantage I could see for the Sun Ray Connector > is access to the USB ports on the Sunray. > > Regards, > > Matthias > >
hello Matthias, the recently announced SR/SGD Group Blog (Think Thin) from Craig Bender has the answer for your question: http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/ThinkThin#why_is_sun_releasing_a greetings, Stoyan _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
