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What migration???
Windows goes fat client.

UNIX and Linux mostly work with thin client environment.

Is SFU a set of tools for migrating from UNIX to Server 2003 or just set of fancy tools that imitate environment which is done by commercial MKS Toolkit or freeware Cygwin (that by the way includes quite nicely working XWindow)?

THose existed for years now so I hope SFU is something else.

Anyway, thin client in Windows is required if this migration has to make sense. Migrating different type of approach does not always make sense.

In particular those researchers base their results probably less on engineering experts and more on perception of some engineers. UNIX approach with thin client does not need to be more expensive. The cost of UNIX hardware is at central CPU only while clients should be much cheaper than Windows PC's. Also deployment, maintenace and security issues should be relieved with thin client approach rather than Windows fat client approach.

I wonder what SFU really does? Is that the kind of migration tool like that unfortunate tool from IBM to migrate from UNIX to Linux (configuration of it is basically migration)?


Good luck
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Never mind that...  NemesisNL | 01/14/04
Woopie...  prime21 | 01/13/04
I tried Cygwin, didn't care for it  voska | 01/13/04
Who would use it anyway??  DonnieBoy | 01/13/04
But in the mean time  voska | 01/13/04
I doubt it  Suicida| | 01/18/04
Re: I tried Cygwin, didn't care for it  Solid Water | 01/13/04
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Squirm? This is an easy one..  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/13/04
When all else fails...  vdraken | 01/13/04
You're the one trying toooooo hard.."bud"  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/13/04
Ahhh..  vdraken | 01/13/04
Wow..you're a lot dumber than I thought...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/13/04
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vdraken is...  stephen732@... | 01/13/04
In other words..  vdraken | 01/15/04
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Thank you Judge KK  John Le'Brecage | 01/14/04
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i needed these tools about a yr ago  JWatson77 | 01/13/04
This IS good news  issthatso | 01/13/04
exactly  JWatson77 | 01/13/04
What migration???  FirstNLastN | 01/13/04
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guess the question is  JWatson77 | 01/13/04
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Free Or Not, It's Still MS Garbageware  brenthawkinsmd | 01/14/04
Beta 3.5 tools for Unix- free  adkmom | 01/14/04
Better late than never  FilledOut | 01/15/04
Why  Zooomy | 01/15/04
SFU 3.5 does not run on WinXP Home, cygwin does.  edjge | 01/15/04
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