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Wine Terminal Servers?

Posted by Cliff on from the technical-issues-may-not-be-the-real-problem dept.

e8johan asks: "I have been thinking about trying to sell a Linux based thin client solution to different markets, like schools. One of the big problems with migrating to Linux is the loss of old applications such as Microsoft Office. Has anyone tried to combine Wine and the LTSP? Does it work? If so, it would enable me (and anyone else) to sell services based on a free (as in libre and beer) server running both open office and their proprietary equivalents in a Windows-like environment, thus reducing the migration costs and making the offer more attractive." While this would be an interesting to tackle, would the licensing terms on some proprietary packages complicate such a system?

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  1. License by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do you need a license to sell alcohol?

  2. Re:WOW!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    I'm sorry - how the hell is that Offtopic?! It's a link to a cnet article describing a system that does EXACTLY WHAT THE POSTER WANTS TO DO!

    Some of you moderators are just morons!