On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, David Brownell wrote: > The "single user desktop" model is well known to be the one > which is relatively straightforward to address -- and arguably hits > the "95% of end users" case here. So long as one can kick in a > "no gui" mode for servers, and do something intelligent in the case > of multi-gui systems, that's a good place to start.
Not quite sure what you mean by "multi-gui systems". Supplying a solution for "single user desktop" and "no gui servers" will satisfy *almost* everyone. However installing "single user desktop" on a classroom full of workstations runs the risk of being insufficently secure. Although it may be a minority market, screwing it up could be very bad for everyones reputation. Even having a "classroom workstation" option, could be dangerous if it doesn't have the features of "single user desktop", since some people will install the full-featured version however much you warn them of the pitfalls. Besides it is much harder to bolt on security ofterwards. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
