[THIN] Re: OT: Anyone using ACT! in Citrix or otherwise?
- From: "Nick Smith" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:05:44 +0100
If you've already got Goldmine running, then MHO is you'd be mad to move
to Act. Severely backwards step in terms of functionality, performances,
stability and security. ACT does, however, win in terms of ease of use.
We've ot used 2005 at any size, but the previous version slowed to an
absolute crawl at one client with something like 4,000 records - which
Goldmine handles easily.
Great for single user, OK for small (<5) workgroups, otherwise run a
mile.
Nick
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From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 October 2005 15:53
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Anyone using ACT! in Citrix or otherwise?
I don't run it on Citrix, but I know this... ACT! 2005 moved to using
MSDE for it's DB. It uses a .PAD on the local machines file that then
references the database. You can use a central server with MSDE (or SQL
I believe) for the database and modify the PAD files appropriately.
What this means is that it installs MSDE on every computer it is
installed. Even if you have a central server for the database there is
no way to tell it to NOT install MSDE. What I have not tried is
disabling the MSDE services on client machines with no actual DB and
seeing if ACT still works There is no uninstall for MSDE in add/remove
programs since it's installed as part of ACT.
ACT is gotten considerably worse from an IT standpoint over the years. I
see that ACT 2006 is out, maybe it's better, but I'm extremely doubtful.
I say avoid at all costs.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Christopher Wilson
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:50 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] OT: Anyone using ACT! in Citrix or otherwise?
Howdy, List.
I am looking for some real world feedback on ACT! 2005. We are looking
to replace an installation of Goldmine at a single location, ACT! is the
proposed solution (actually we already own it). I have heard negative
feedback about this app running client/server on PC's. If this is to be
deployed to multiple sites it is likely to be done with Citrix or with
their web client. Do you have any feedback about this product good or
bad?
Thanks,
Christopher
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