Demoing idea

i assume when you say 'nx' you're referring to unix/linux?

ok, after going through 5 pages on that site, i still dont really see what it is or does. it looks like a sort of vmware and they've even partnered with vmware now, but what's the difference there? in other words, why would i want this... whatever it is?

oh! wow. that's different and quite unique then. so, wait, if you were running this and i accessed say, the windows desktop on your nx server, i could load in any windows application to your server and access it and run it off your server? i think i'm still missing something on this. you'd still have to have windows running somewhere, wouldnt you? or is it that i'm running windows but have put a desktop on your server?

let me try this a different way. if you had a linux box, a windows box, and a solaris box all networked through to your main computer with this nx server...ok, i'm not getting something yet. how do you detach or remotely put out the desktop only?

ok, you used FF as an example. stick the body of the app on the server and just the desktop client on the user's machine. that i understand. oh! so microsoft could do the same thing! holy crap! so, M$ could have a single windows server with everyone else having just the desktop client installed? wow! that has some real possibilities; scary, a bit, but rather amazing.

so, someone like netflix, which rents movies over the internet, could have a server for streaming videos. you, as the client, could just run a small app on your own machine for streaming from the server.

is this what we're talking about? am i close now? so, adobe could actually have photoshop sitting on a server and everyone that wants photoshop wouldnt have to install photoshop, they'd just install a small client for accessing the server and do all their photoshop work that way.

yeah, this is VERY reminiscent of orwell's 1984... big brother holds all the keys not sure if i like this or not. and i've actually seen a couple of these lately. there is a paint program that is online only. i didnt like the whole idea that someone could sit there and access my work or watch while i worked and so on. seemed a bit intrusive.

i can see the advantages, but not sure i like the disadvantages enough to want this sort of thing. but, for something like teaching, this would be just the right thing.

This is for demo purpose only though --you would seriously cripple the functionallity --like how many photos a client could make resolution etc....

but this way they dont have to install anyting for a test drive they simply click a button in their browser and up comes ff