Gustafsson, Bjorn [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] rather annoyingly writes:
> Sure, someone packaging VNC with
> FTP/HTTP/SMTP/POP3/IRC/NNTP/Napster/Real/Telnet servers
> might be a good idea
Now you're being unfair. There is a real need being discussed here. Making
fun of people with that need does not enhance the discussion. Nobody asked
for "HTTP/SMTP/POP3/IRC/NNTP/Napster/Real/Telnet servers."
A common VNC user will use it to access a work machine from home, especially
now that many of us have broadband access which makes this workable. VNC
alone is not enough to solve the needs of this user. An absolutely critical
need is secure access. This is not part of VNC. Local printing of the remote
files is often required. And file transfer would be nice because VNC is not
really adequate for extensive editing sessions. Besides file transfer solves
the printing problem. An integrated VNC/SSH/FTP would be a powerful and
useful combination to solve a single need. Most home users of VNC will want
that set of functionality. Asking for this set of related functions is not
the same as asking for Napster to be integrated.
This is a nice tight set of requirements which logically go together to
define a useful remote access environment. It is this very same set of
requirements that are often asked for on this list. The request is
reasonable. It might not be cost effective for the VNC team to respond to
this request but saying "no we can't do that" is not the same as saying
"stupid request." You seem to be in the "that's a stupid request" category.
Remote administration is a valuable use for VNC but represents only a subset
of the users. I'm sure remote administators don't see the point because they
are quite capable of solving the additional requirements. It should be part
of their professional skill set.
I was trying see if there was room for some middle ground in this
discussion.
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