Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

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Rob,
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*"The reason I ask is there's some specialist software for the visually
impaired that I use which is never going to work over Citrix because it was
never designed to do so. I have a nasty feeling that they're going to
turn around and say my software can't be used - and that could have very
far reaching consequences for me."*


Show willing. Test it. Report back. If it doesn't work, a gentle reminder
about disability rights legislation around the coffee machine to the right
people usually works wonders in producing a solution!

RC

On 19 July 2012 10:38, Simon Reap <simon@???> wrote:

> On 19/07/12 09:20, Rob Malpass wrote:
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> I freely admit to knowing next to nothing about Citrix but I thought this
> was something akin to remotely controlling another PC - except that the PC
> you're remotely controlling was virtual - is this wrong? If I'm right,
> surely it means that all this wonderful Intel i5 power is effectively being
> used as a terminal and the speed we'll have is the speed of the machine
> we're controlling.****
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> If this is a remote service, then having just two people testing may not
> expose load limitations. We have to use a terminal server in Ireland - it's
> fine for a few people running xterms and web browsers, but really struggles
> when people start running huge databases.
>
> Simon
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Robin Catling
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