[WEB4LIB] RE: Desktop Streaming Support

[Raymond Wood]

Though doesn't VNC do this kind of thing - for free?

Curiously,
Raymond

On Mar 1 , Julie James <JJames at lva.lib.va.us> wrote:
> 
> It's web-based, and platform independent (I was looking at it for my next
> column in NetConnect). 
> 
> www.desktopstreaming.com - skip the intro and go straight to the white
> paper.
> 
> Julie
> ~~~
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas M G Bennett [mailto:bennetttm at appstate.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 11:09 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Desktop Streaming Support
> > 
> > 
> > I received this today and have seen another service like this 
> > in the past.
> > I have considered that this might be useful to help Distance 
> > Learner support
> > such as making sure their proxy settings are correct.  Just 
> > wanted to share
> > this with all.
> > 
> > The service is a middle man that allows you to connect to a 
> > user's computer
> > through  the Internet and take over the user's desktop.  I 
> > don't know what
> > platform restrictions apply here.
> > 
> > Thomas
> > 
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