[ale] Cygwin Or...?

[hbbs at attbi.com]

There's a reason for that.  A VMware instance per desktop is expensive and the
cost would scale poorly.  I also would then have to deploy independent Linux
instances and independent MrProject instances within each one, although at least
those instances would originate from a common point if I were at least that
sensible.  I would much rather serve multiple instances of the same app from a
single instance of Linux running on a server with the displays of each app
instance exported to each users' desktop.  

I guess the core of what I'm getting at is, do I have a low- or no-cost
alternative to putting X server software on every desktop system to accomplish this?

- Jeff
> At 10:21 PM 2/25/2003 +0000, hbbs at attbi.com wrote:
> >Suppose I want to deploy a Linux GUI app (let's say MrProject, an X11/Gnome
> >app) and my user base is already set up on Win2K.  What are my rollout 
> >options
> >given that I must retain the Win2K clients?
> >
> >I've been looking at Cygwin and it seems that it might be a piece of the
> >puzzle; at the moment, though, I am willing to entertain either running 
> >the app
> >centrally or independently on each client machine.  I want to minimize the
> >impact at the desktop level (i.e., dropping a desktop icon on everyone's 
> >screen
> >is preferable to performing an app install at every client machine).
> >
> >Assume furthermore that I am not interested in buying X server software for
> >each client and that each user should be able to run an independent 
> >instance of
> >the app (as opposed to several people contending for the same instance).
> >
> >- Jeff
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> I read the other responses and was surprised that no one had considered 
> VMware. This would unfortunately involve installing an application (VMware) 
> on each machine which I know you were trying to avoid. The upside is that 
> you could then deploy a Linux vm with MrProject to all the W2K machines via 
> a file copy. This would also solve your UNIX/W2K compatibility problem. The 
> other problem is that VMware is not exactly inexpensive.
> 
> keith
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> Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
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