Gabor, I think a writer that would sum up VNC with "WinVNC is strictly for techies with a masochistic bent"
is going to miss a lot of things...:) Interestingly enough, pcAnywhere has asymmetric support but has soft-pedaled it. They developed Java and an ActiveX clients in 1997 which were put onto their CDs - and they have since done zero development. AFAIK, they still distribute the ActiveX/Java clients on every CD. Timbuktu, in contrast, requires a client - a "light" one, but a preinstalled client nonetheless. This makes them relatively unusual in the field since Citrix, Windows Terminal Services, and PCI NetSupport as a comparison all offer ActiveX client controls which can be downloaded R/T from the server into IE an even I believe Konqueror on Linux. (Could someone set me straight on the last? I understand Konqueror has ActiveX support implemented, but I'm not sure how far it goes). <plug id=Tier6 type=shameless> FYI, anyone who has to connect to a variety of systems remotely may be interested in taking a look at the Tier6 package I put together. It only works on platforms with Internet Explorer 5+ supporting ActiveX :( at present. It allows rapid integrated connections via IP to VNC, Citrix, pcAnywhere, Windows Terminal Services, and PCI NetSupport hosts. The URL is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/puddleby/ </plug> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabor D. Kiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-03-13 10:21 Subject: Re: Remote Desktop Reviews : Thanks for this posting. However the article misses the #1 pro for vnc in : my mind, that it is asymmetrical. The remote machine doesn't need any : particular software, just a web browser. Only the controlled machine needs : to run vnc. Can any of the commercial packages do that? (Maybe they can and : the article missed that too?) : : Gabor : : : : Roger Pray : <roger.pray@ba To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ssett.org> cc: (bcc: Gabor D. Kiss/Telcordia) : Subject: Remote Desktop Reviews : 03/13/2002 : 09:45 AM : Please respond : to vnc-list : : : : : : : : I haven't seen this anywhere in the emails, but a friend of mine : forwarded me this link regarding remote dekstop software. : : I do like the description of "WinVNC is strictly for techies with a : masochistic bent" - fairly accurate in my mind. But I do love WinVNC. : : Enjoy the read. : : http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,85863,tk,prx,00.asp : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
