Actually, if my memory of computer history serves me right, Citrix came before TS. I think it went something like this. Citrix had developed MetaFrame and was starting to make a name for itself. Microsoft got all uppity about it and sued Citrix. In a settlement, Citrix agreed to sell Microsoft the work they'd done on MetaFrame and Microsoft agreed to pretty much leave Citrix alone. MS then developed WinFrame/Terminal Server with the code from Citrix and Citrix was able to continue developing and selling MetaFrame.
-Sam On Saturday 15 December 2001 20:01, you wrote: > Hmmm, your right, I think Citrix is just extending the capabilities of > Terminal Server. But can't some of us on this list find out a way to let > VNC be as good as Cirtix, or become even Greater than Citrix (even > better!!!). What I am thinking is that if we can get look at a VNC server > installed properly on any OS from any VNC client, we should be able to > undertake this. I know that it may be a difficult task, but if a couple of > people can create Unix and Linux, I know that this is definitly possible. > Hopefully, though, one day everyone won't half to worry about that guy at > One Microsoft Way. > > Sincerely, > > Christopher > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:13 PM > Subject: Re:VNC is Powerful, could it become like Citrix > > > At 7:17 PM +0000 12/14/01, Christopher Koeber wrote: > > >VNC s excellent, well, at least in my opinion. What I am wondering is if > > VNC > > > >could become like Citrix, allowing multiple users to connect to a single > > >windows machine. This would make VNC great, wouldn't it? Anyone's > > > opinion > > is > > > >greatly valuable! > > > > If you have run a Winframe/Metaframe/Terminal Server you know how > > much very low level coding went into getting it to work, and it still > > doesn't work fully (in that many applications write either to c:\... > > or their installed application directory, both of which are no-no's > > in a shared user machine). Oh the the reliance on DLL's in the > > system directory of the server means that you can only ever have one > > version of a MS product installed. > > > > There is a really big leap between hacking into the graphics code, > > which is what VNC does, and rewriting the OS (BTW Citrix has a > > license to MS's source code or it wouldn't have been able to). > > -- > > -------------- > > David A. Smith > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The box said: "Needs Windows 98 or better," so I bought a Macintosh. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
