> -----Original Message----- > From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > The short story is, XP could be theoretically converted into > a simultaneous > multi-user graphical OS. They want to make sure they get
Do you realy think so? They at M$ would like to but they cannot do that on their own... > paid for access if > anyone does. In any case, on Windows VNC does what NetMeeting, Remote > Assistance, and the Remote Desktop features do, so this > doesn't apply to it. As far as I know, winvnc just copies the display to somwhere else and copies the mouse and keyboard actions from there. As long as the machine running vncviewer is also WXP, there is no problem at all. > > It's a pity, since I'd just *love* to see someone try to ban > an Open Source > application. It would be a bit like trying to bail out a > boat with a fork.... :-) Somehow I get the feeling they don't like the power of X11... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > What is the word here about Microsoft, VNC and XP? > > From > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/03/18/020318oplivingston.xml > > Microsoft's XP license agreement says, "Except as otherwise permitted by > the NetMeeting, Remote Assistance, and Remote Desktop features described Was VNC listed below? > below, you may not use the Product to permit any Device to use, access, > display, or run other executable software residing on the Workstation What about all other communication products? If not listed, they cannot be used at all, since device can be harddisk too. I read the above that you cannot use the machine as a network server for anything. If not listed, not even a network share may be made... > Computer, nor may you permit any Device to use, access, display, or run the > Product or Product's user interface, unless the Device has a separate > license for the Product." ... need a license for the hardisk, for the floppy, for the cdrom, for the keyboard, for the video... As I read the M$License, if you like to use WXP for a server for whatever, you need to have an XP license for every device that needs access. Since you cannot control the public, it cannot be used for a public server like webserver or such. Then again, if I need a WXP license for my SunSparc processor, they'd get me the software to use it too... naa, the more I think about those lines of text, the more I'd like to see them in court, sueing the XP users for every hacker that accesses their machine... :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
