[THIN] Re: Native RDP for Mac OSX
- From: "Nishimura, Scott" <Scott.Nishimura@xxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:16:31 -0700
True, but that doesn't necessarily mean a native RDP for UNIX is forthcoming.
That opens up another can of cross-licensing worms. But I wouldn't guess that
Citrix is all that happy.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Broucinek [mailto:TinyBeetle@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:04 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Native RDP for Mac OSX
Think about it for a moment. What is operating system that MAC OSX is based
on?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nishimura, Scott" <Scott.Nishimura@xxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: [THIN] Re: Native RDP for Mac OSX
> Now if there was a native RDP for UNIX, I'd be jumping up and down.
> There is actually an RDP for UNIX but not natively MS:
>
> http://www.rdesktop.org/
>
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Greenberg [mailto:steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:03 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Native RDP for Mac OSX
>
>
>
> The lack of response may be a reflection of a low seat count for Mac.
> However, the number of seats is not the issue- the fact is that a major
> barrier to using TS only has been toppled. One of the strengths of Citrix
> has been that it uniquely addressed non-Windows platforms.
>
> Your suggestion about MS software is very interesting. Isn't it the case
> that the RDP client they released for OSX would allow a desktop connection
> to XP professional? Perhaps they will start to tell Mac users "Go buy a
PC,
> put XP on it- we have free software so you display it on your Mac"
>
> Let's keep our eye on this....!
>
> Steve Greenberg
> Thin Client Computing
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:58 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Native RDP for Mac OSX
>
>
> Yeah, I sent this link out early yesterday and there was little response.
I
> was quite suprised.
> See //www.freelists.org/archives/thin/07-2002/msg00887.html in the
> archives.
>
>
> I can only assume that this is because there is a huge lack of interest in
> OSX or people missed the whole impact of what was really happening. I've
> got to believe that this did not go over too well with Citrix. I posted
it
> to the CitrixSe list also and the post was immediately followed not by
> coincidence by a Citrix SE posting a tech tip with a link to Mystery
> Machine..an OSX client for Citrix. http://www.the-fallen.net/citrix-x/
>
>
> I read an article that Microsoft has not sold its OSX versions of Software
> as expected so I'm betting there is more to this than meets the eye.
>
> Regards,
> Jim Kenzig
> http://thethin.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Stephen Greenberg
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:28 PM
> To: [THIN]
> Subject: [THIN] Native RDP for Mac OSX
>
>
>
> Microsoft released a native RDP client for OSX:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/mac/DOWNLOAD/MISC/RDC.asp
>
>
> Any thoughts on this?
>
> (sorry if this was already posted, I have been on vacation mode)
>
> Steve Greenberg
> Thin Client Computing
> 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd. suite D8453
> Scottsdale, AZ 85262
> (602) 432-8649
> (602) 296-0411 fax
> steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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