On 13/09/2011 10:05 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 9/13/2011 11:45, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> OK, let me put it this way: X lets you install an application on a
>> central
>> server, and have multiple X "servers" (i.e. *clients*) connect to that
>> server and have their own instance of the application appear on their
>> screen.
>
> Yep. You still need a computer for each user, tho.

Sure. But I mean, you can set up an application server that more than 
one person can access, without doing anything particularly special.

>> If you want to do that with RDP, you need the multi-thousand dollar
>> "server"
>> version of Windows.
>
> Um, it's $117 online, and that's with five client licenses.
>
> Even if you don't find a deal, it's $525. Far from "multi-thousand
> dollars".

OK, well maybe it's the cost of the client licenses I'm thinking of then...

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