Migrating filePro to Windows Server2003 ?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 12:21:12PM -0500, Robert Haussmann wrote:
> > On the Unix side, the client is *on the same backplane* as the data;
> > that won't be true on a Windows network.
> 
> Just a clarification--Jay is referring to the default installation 
> on a standard windows network.  That being said, there are ways to
> make the Windows implementation work in much the same was as the 
> *nix one.  Using Terminal services, for example, the client would
> be on the same backplane as the data.  One could also use a 
> telnet implementation and utilize the character-based filePro system
> directly on the server.  We using both types of solutions in different
> locations with very positive results.

True, both of those are possible, and I can't much diss WTS anymore,
since I have a Linux box doing the same dance with VNC terminals, now
can I?  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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