[THIN] Re: OT: Anyone using ACT! in Citrix or otherwise?
- From: "Tim Mangan" <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:15:44 -0400
Act 2006 is a whole lot better. Ask them about a white paper on working
with Citrix, it is in the process of being published.
Tim Mangan
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Evan Mann
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:53 AM
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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