Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 27th Jun 2006 00:24 UTC
Microsoft now allows people to try out the next Office--without the hassle of installing beta software or replacing their current version. It runs through an IE window and it requires a Citrix ActiveX plugin in order to give you access to the actual machine that runs Office on the backend.
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2005-07-13
If I could run their newfangled Office on a backend server, and use a linux client for the front end, I'd be able to move about 30% more of my current desktops from Windows XP to Linux.
I have a large chunk of my userbase that really DOES have to use Microsoft Office. Granted, I can run crossover, but by the time I've bought the desktop, crossover, and office, I'm really not saving that much over the Windows XP license the computer came with.
Absolutely. Our office standard system are XP-based HP desktops for using Citrix based applications running out of our regional datacenters.
I use Citrix on my Suse laptop with the exact same level of functionality as my XP counterparts for our corporate apps.
Microsoft realizes this. I suspect that's why they're making that very stripped down version of Vista at reduced cost for corporate customers only, suitable only for running browser-based or remote apps. They're preparing to counter the thin-client version of the "why pay twice for Windows?" argument.