Re: [PLUG] need stats!! stat!

["Mike Leone" <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

> > Also, there is some software that is ONLY available on Windows/Mac -
most of
> > the Insurance industry specific stuff we use here is Windows only. And
as we
> > pointed out at our meeting in July, WINE *may* or *may not* run Windows
> > software by itself. If it doesn't, you still have the cost of Windows
> > itself, added to the administrative cost of a dual installation for WINE
to
> > read it's DLLs from.
>
> If you run a Windows terminal server, you could just project a Windows
> desktop onto a Linux PC without additional software on the client.

Sure can.

There's hardware costs (I'm told that you really need a multi-processor
machine (2, preferrably 4), w/2G RAM. This was the recommendation on one of
my mailing lists for 30-50 people, running Office off the Terminal Server,
along with a bunch of other applications, as well as licensing costs.

You need one CAL (Client Access License) for every person who accesses the
NT/Win2K server , *and* you need a Terminal Services License (on top of the
CAL) for every user who uses the Terminal Services software that is running
on that server.

This doesn't count the licensing costs of the applications that are running
within the Terminal Services.

Cheap, it ain't.






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