[AccessD] Virtual PC

Thanks again, Gustav

Hmm, Arthur is only across the lake from me ...
I'll contact him at the appropriate time to see
if he'd be willing to consult (and teach me).

Michael R. Mattys
MapPoint & Access Dev
www.mattysconsulting.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Virtual PC


> Hi Michael
>
> If so it sounds like a true job for replication.
> Among others, Arthur is quite vivid in this area. Recently he posted this:
>
> http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/2008-January/058097.html
>
> /gustav
>
>>>> mmattys at rochester.rr.com 17-01-2008 18:10 >>>
> Gustav,
>
> Laptops will be used both online and offline.
>
> Cable companies in NY have this nasty habit of dropping
> the connection from 5 to 30 min nearly every day (Phones, too).
>
> This should become quite interesting ...
>
> Michael R. Mattys
> MapPoint & Access Dev
> www.mattysconsulting.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Virtual PC
>
>
>> Hi Michael
>>
>> Oh, we've used it to not have to set up replication ...
>> It's like a terminal server; all sessions of the frontend run on the
>> server and they connect simultaneously to a shared backend.
>>
>> /gustav
>>
>>>>> mmattys at rochester.rr.com 17-01-2008 17:28 >>>
>> Ah! - Thanks, Gustav!
>> Are you handling synchronization?
>> With Replication Manager or JRO / TSI Synchronizer?
>>
>> Michael R. Mattys
>> MapPoint & Access Dev
>> www.mattysconsulting.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
>> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Virtual PC
>>
>>
>>> Hi Michael
>>>
>>> Or "even" WinConnect Server XP:
>>>
>>> http://www.thinsoftinc.com/product_thin_client_winconnect_server_xp.aspx
>>>
>>> We've used that for several clients - from a couple of users to 20 
>>> users.
>>> Easy to set up and licensing is cheap and a snap compared to the
>>> troublesome administration of Windows Terminal Server.
>>>
>>> /gustav
>>>
>>>>>> mmattys at rochester.rr.com 17-01-2008 16:57 >>>
>>> In the thread "Citrix Access Essentials and Access" (Tuesday, Jan 15th),
>>> John Colby recommended using a Virtual PC for each user run from a
>>> common server.
>>>
>>> I have a request from a potential client who will need to synchronize 
>>> appx
>>> 8 computers to a central database. Therefore, I would like ask for 
>>> comments
>>> on the Virtual PC methodology as to how it would fare versus Jet 
>>> Replication
>>> and Citrix or even Terminal Server. (Pros/Cons)
>>>
>>> Michael R. Mattys
>>> MapPoint & Access Dev
>>> www.mattysconsulting.com
>
>
>
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