rdesktop: Linux->XP

[Benjamin Scott]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Michael ODonnell wrote:
> !@#%$!!!  I'd once heard that the difference between NT4.0workstation and 
> NT4.0server was three registry entries...  and $1200.

   And the terms of the software license, which is what the code in question is 
enforcing.  And the development and support effort behind it (or so the theory 
goes, anyway).

   I don't understand why people get upset with Microsoft for doing things 
this.  You knew this going into it.  How the fsck do people think Microsoft 
achieved having forty billion dollars ($40,000,000,000) in cash-on-hand?  If 
you're gonna run payware, expect to pay, and pay, and keep right on paying. 
That's the way this game is played, and everyone playing the same should know 
the rules at this point.

   Don't like that?  Don't fscking use it.  We got this nice thing called 
Linux....

> Yah, I do already have VNC installed on a number of machines but was hoping 
> to use rdesktop since it seemed a bit more elegant to work *with* the remote 
> OS ...

   UltraVNC uses a Windows device driver to accelerate WinVNC performance. 
You might check that out.

   Ultimately, though, if you want to use MS-Windows for more then just "basic 
home usage", one should budget for XP Pro.  That's just one of the many costs 
of using MS-Windows.

-- 
Ben <dragonhawk at iname.com>