[9fans] gee, should we tell them about plan 9

[9fans] gee, should we tell them about plan 9

[Aharon Robbins]

I found this interesting.  -- Arnold

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Re: [9fans] gee, should we tell them about plan 9

[9nut]

Citrix and others are VNC-like, each with its own protocol. They don't
seem to acknowledge VNC either.

Drawterm's model is more universal.  It would be straightforward to
add a device for window spying and extend the namespace that drawterm
serves.  Performance of /dev/draw would suggest that its speed would
be comparable to other "thin clients".

> I found this interesting.  -- Arnold
>> THIN CLIENT STRATEGIES: REDUCING RISK THROUGH CENTRALIZED COMPUTING
>> February 26, 2004
>> 1:00pm EST (1800 UTC)
>> http://www.sans.org/webcasts/show.php?webcastid=90501