Re: [Thinstation-general] NX Based Terminal Server for Linux is Open Source now !!

[Trevor B. <tre...@us...>]

On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 20:50 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-31-08 at 21:33 +0200, Wojciech =C5=9Aciesi=C5=84ski wrote:
> > It's a good news:
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> > 2X Opens Source Code to its NX Based Terminal Server for Linux  - mor=
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> > info:  http://www.2x.com/news/linuxterminalserver.htm
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> That's great, but what's the point?  There's already very good F/OSS
> solutions (LTSP, Thinstation, XDMCP).  I'm not sure what all these
> companies think they're doing by putting out there own solutions.

I too was sceptical, but 2x have incorporated their pxes client
(originally a thinstation competitor) into a managend environment. Which
we haven't done yet.

With help we may get there. We already have some advantages over their
approach, but they have concentrated in specific areas, eg. management
(one disticnt advantage of 'proprietery'). And whist we all crave for
that control, until someone/s concentrates their efforts in that area,
we will be behind.

I personally think it's a great step forward as it will spur some
individuals on to develop something better.

Trevor B (TS-O-Matic author)
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> Ah well.
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> Regards,
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> Ranbir
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