Re: [mv] Showroom Advice

[Victor Nolton <ven@pragakhan.com>]

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They could have dialup access. the idea I had in mind was them 
updating items via minimate. if I did do the dialin route to do 
synchronization I would prefer unix. VNC is great.

The goal is to have a machine in each store with their catalog, but 
not having to download the pages via the internet (locally).

I only wish I would of known about this before I started the job, 
would of given me some time to think

Ven


>******    message to minivend-users from "Barry Treahy, Jr." 
><Barry@mmaz.com>     ******
>
>Victor, I'm as anti-Micro$louth Windoze as they come, but there are 
>some things that I
>cannot do without it because software isn't available from other 
>sources; now that is a
>very short list for me, but it is still a list none the less which 
>creates a NT/2000
>requirement.
>
>That said, and regardless of the OS, keeping three databases 
>synchronized which are
>running on three different machines at two different locations with 
>no network and these
>machines, they will not be networked?
>
>Perhaps I'm missing something, but how do they expect you to 
>accomplish that feat?
>
>Anyway, presuming that these boxes are at least on a private 
>network, I gather your major
>heartburn is the NT/2000 issue and that, unlike Unix, remote 
>administration can be a
>beast.  May I introduce you to a slick, and best of all free, piece 
>of software called
>VNC which is now owned by AT&T Labs?  This neat little program is 
>like PC Anywhere,
>Remote Control, or many of the other Windoze only programs except 
>that it runs a numerous
>flavors of OS's, both client and server.
>
>Check it out at: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
>
>Now the major limitation of this program is that it ONLY runs on 
>networks - that means no
>dialup directly to the machine!
>
>Hopefully this helped...
>
>Barry
>
>
>Victor Nolton wrote:
>
>> ******    message to minivend-users from Victor Nolton 
>><ven@pragakhan.com>     ******
>>
>> i was informed today that a online store I've designed, they'd like
>> to place a computer in 2 of their stores. They went out and bought
>> computers for this (sigh).
>>
>> The problem is, they want to have the computers to be used in the
>> store without the need of the internet. They suggested maybe I can
>> install minivend for windows on it and do it that way. However this
>> would be.. Bad cause I'd have trouble updating the site and they
>> customer (store owner) would have 3 databases to update (main server,
>> then the 2 store computers).
>>
>> I'd prefer unix on the machines cause if they did connect to the net
>> I could login and make changes. BUT, I dont think may people want to
>> use netscape under X.
>>
>> I'm baffold on this, and I feel bad cause they just spent $6000 on
>> showroom systems.
>>
>> Recommendation?
>>
>> Ven
>>
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