I forgot to mention that it does need to have some portions of WINE installed; to do this; of course, you're right...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharma, Shashi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-03-13 12:25 Subject: RE: Remote Desktop Reviews : I would be very suprised if Konqueror runs ActiveX plugin. ActiveX is not : code neutral ie it doesnt uses bytecode so it should not be able to say take : ActiveX from Win32 platform and run unmodified in linux platform. just my : 2p : -shashi : : -----Original Message----- : From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] : Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:18 AM : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Re: Remote Desktop Reviews : : : 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 : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
