Citrix v. VNC

[Glenn Mabbutt]

There's also an RDP (terminal services) Linux client available at
http://www.thincomputinginc.com/winconnect/ . Costs money, though.

Glenn

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:alex "at" bittnet.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 2:24 PM
To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
Subject: Re: Citrix v. VNC


Ole, things have changed a bit over the last year or so.  You can get real
WTS
clients for DOS, Linux, and the Macintosh now.  They're just not from
Microsoft.


Macintosh
http://www.hobsoft.com

Linux/UNIX
http://www.rdesktop.org/

DOS
http://www.terminal-services.NET

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ole Schelde" <ole.schelde "at" a-aarhus.dk>
To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
Sent: Thursday, 2002-04-11 13:05
Subject: SV: Citrix v. VNC


> You cannot use the Windows 2000 Terminal Services in the setup suggested
> with Macintosh desktops. You can only use Microsoft Windows clients with
> Windows 2000 Terminal Services.
>
> The strength of Citrix is that you can get the client program for more
> or less any operating system, and the ICA protocol requires much lees
> bandwidth than the Microsoft RDP protocol.
>
> Ole Schelde
> IT-manager
> Aarhus School of Architecture
>
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Sasha McLaughlin [mailto:samclau "at" wccnet.org]
> Sendt: 11. april 2002 17:47
> Til: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> Emne: RE: Citrix v. VNC
>
> Yes.
> I agree.
> :-)
>
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Rehl, Tom wrote:
>
> > Citrix definitely can become cost prohibitive, I'd recommend as a
> > cheaper alternative you look into Windows 2000 Terminal Services -
> it's
> > not as fast or feature rich as a Citrix environment, but a great deal
> of
> > the same things can be accomplished.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mike Miller [mailto:mbmiller "at" taxa.epi.umn.edu]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:41 AM
> > > To: VNC List
> > > Subject: Citrix v. VNC
> > >
> > >
> > > A major figure in our Medical School (Sr. Vice President for Health
> > > Sciences) sent the memo below to all of our faculty this morning.
> The
> > > gist of the memo is that Citrix was considered for use by
> > > physicians in
> > > the Med School but it was found to be too expensive.  I'm
> > > wondering if VNC
> > > could do the job.  Does Citrix do the same thing as VNC or is
> > > it entirely
> > > different?
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael B. Miller, Ph.D.
> > > Assistant Professor
> > > Division of Epidemiology
> > > University of Minnesota
> > > http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:15:31 -0500
> > > Subject: Access to Electronic Medical Records
> > >
> > > Several weeks ago, I heard from Macintosh users who requested that
> we
> > > review the use of a Citrix server for access to University of
> > > Minnesota
> > > Physicians (UMP) Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system.  I
> > > asked the AHC
> > > Administrative Information Services Office to analyze technical,
> > > functional, and financial aspects of a Citrix option.  We also asked
> > > Allscripts for a review of their experience with Citrix and
> > > how such an
> > > option would work with Macintosh desktops and the IPAC
> > > handheld device.
> > >
> > > We have learned that implementing a Citrix option would present
> > > significant technical and financial challenges to the AHC.
> > > There would be
> > > major start-up costs and a significant delay to the UMP EMR rollout
> > > schedule.  In addition, pursuing a Citrix option for EMR
> > > would still not
> > > solve the Fairview Clinical Information Systems or FCIS hardware
> > > requirements regarding Macintosh desktops.
> > >
> > > Therefore, at this time, the AHC will not be implementing the Citrix
> > > server option.  If the opportunities improve in the future,
> > > we are willing
> > > to revisit this or other ideas.
> > >
> > > Sr. Vice President for Health Sciences
> > >
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