Re: Novice enquiry

["William F. Maton" <wmaton ryouko dgim crc ca>]

On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Garrod, Perry wrote:

> I am keen to know whether Linux can ptovide a solution on the Desktop which
> would replace existing NT4 Workstations which are primarily used for Word
> and spreadsheet processing and connectivity (in our case) using Client
> Access to our AS400
> 
> The challenge, over and above getting Linux to run in a complete virgin
> location, is to integrate it into being able to access Word97 and Excel97
> documents on a NT 4 Server, as well as connecting to the AS400.

You could use Citrix WinFrame clients on linux (I think they are now
available now) so you can have users access the NT4 box with its apps.

> Perry Garrod

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