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by pwhysall
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3/7/07 1:03:50 PM
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New Looks nifty...
...but it's VNC with bells on. (The "Initial Screen Loading" bit is the give-away)

Basically, what they've done is create a simple way for people to initiate VNC sessions.

Still cool, though.

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by drewk
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3/7/07 1:52:33 PM
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New Mostly, yes
The other thing they do is provide the man in the middle for both parties to call in to. This eliminates the need to poke holes in firewalls (for corporate support) or mess with port forwarding (for grandma's DSL modem/router) since both sides initiate their respective connections.
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     Switchers roll-call - (pwhysall) - (33) - March 7, 2007, 08:36:25 AM EST
         I have not changed - (bepatient) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 09:30:11 AM EST
             I will add, though, that Vista will never be in my portfolio - (bepatient) - March 7, 2007, 12:18:47 PM EST
         actually backslid - (boxley) - March 7, 2007, 09:32:29 AM EST
         Not really - (JayMehaffey) - March 7, 2007, 12:04:59 PM EST
         No change - still running OS/2 - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 12:18:16 PM EST
             Still running OS/2 as well........ since 1994, in fact. -NT - (n3jja) - March 8, 2007, 11:51:27 PM EST
         You might not need it just for support - (drewk) - (2) - March 7, 2007, 01:00:22 PM EST
             Looks nifty... - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 01:03:50 PM EST
                 Mostly, yes - (drewk) - March 7, 2007, 01:52:33 PM EST
         Still a combo of warp and windows - (jake123) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 01:36:42 PM EST
             (Dis)agree - (drewk) - March 7, 2007, 01:58:13 PM EST
         Unfortunately, Mac/Windows lacks engineering design tools - (tonytib) - March 7, 2007, 01:47:33 PM EST
         No change. - (Silverlock) - March 7, 2007, 02:33:51 PM EST
         Slight change - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 02:47:59 PM EST
             Ditto - (admin) - March 7, 2007, 02:50:49 PM EST
         Possibly a change coming soon - (drewk) - March 7, 2007, 03:40:38 PM EST
         A bit - (crazy) - March 7, 2007, 04:57:07 PM EST
         I don't think I had a work laptop 12 months ago. - (static) - March 7, 2007, 06:30:59 PM EST
         Re: Switchers roll-call - (tjsinclair) - March 7, 2007, 09:40:06 PM EST
         I'd like the kids' PC to be a mini-Mac - (lincoln) - (7) - March 8, 2007, 04:28:30 PM EST
             Word/PowerPoint run on OSX - (pwhysall) - March 8, 2007, 04:52:17 PM EST
             my son uses a USB flashdrive - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - March 8, 2007, 05:12:03 PM EST
                 I'll ask if the USB ports at school are active - (lincoln) - March 9, 2007, 01:35:23 PM EST
             OK, I'll be the one ... - (drewk) - (3) - March 8, 2007, 05:18:19 PM EST
                 It's actually a good idea. - (static) - (2) - March 8, 2007, 07:43:40 PM EST
                     Exercise in futility? - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 8, 2007, 07:54:24 PM EST
                         No, it does. - (static) - March 8, 2007, 08:10:29 PM EST
         Re: Switchers roll-call - (jb4) - March 10, 2007, 11:47:06 AM EST
         Still XP, Win2K and OpenBSD - (lister) - (4) - March 15, 2007, 10:46:22 AM EDT
             Had the bullet in warp for about a year - (jake123) - (3) - March 15, 2007, 12:10:45 PM EDT
                 Which Flash? 7a? -NT - (n3jja) - (2) - March 15, 2007, 06:08:40 PM EDT
                     Exactly - (jake123) - (1) - March 15, 2007, 10:53:11 PM EDT
                         No, but I can still watch YouTube..... for now. - (n3jja) - March 16, 2007, 04:22:12 PM EDT

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