VNC project idea request

[Jay R Ashworth]

On 11/17/99 4:51:12 PM, "Felts, Roger"  said:
>>[I] wrote:
>>>On 11/17/99 6:01:44 AM, Robert Olsson  said:
>>>>Oh, PLEASE don't do this!  Remember the old Unix credo?  "Do one thing,
>>>>but do it well."  VNC isn't a software distribution tool; hanging that
>>>>on it would be diluting its primary task.  Remember "PIP" in CP/M?
>>>Oh, Please DO! 
>>>At least if he wanted the same thing as I want. A way to upgrade the
>>>VNC-server without having to physically be present. For me it doesn't
>>>have to be fully automated. I have clients on the other side of the
>country.
>
>>No, Robert... he wants rsync for Windows.
>
>No, he wants VNC to do this, which I agree would be a Bad Thing (t.m.),
>since there are any number of other tools which can automate this update.  

Forgive me: "he wants the functionality of rsync, for windows, inside VNC".

>>>But it must be a foolproof upgrade so it doesn't abort half-way.
>
>>Use an OS other than Windows.
>
>Which would guarantee that the update doesn't abort half way ... how?

Because the apps and the UI aren't part of the OS, which isn't true on Windows.   That 
is, you won't have to fight the OS, as well, _just_ the app design.

Cheers,
-- jra


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