On 31/01/2012 17:27, George Bonser wrote: > Wouldn't a program such as "conserver" running on a linux box someplace > potentially provide these (maybe with a little extra hackery)? We use > that quite a bit. One interesting option is that it allows another > person to also watch the console session. So, for example, I can give > someone a console session while watching the progress of it.
yes, except that I would prefer to spend money on getting a pre-packaged solution rather than spending time customising boxes, dealing with customised upgrades, and so on. Fascinating and all as they are, console servers are a means to an end, and the less time I'm forced to spend trashing them into submission and maintaining them on an ongoing basis, the more time I have for productive work. Nick
