[WEB4LIB] Desktop Streaming Support

[Julie James]

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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Julie James
Technology Consultant
The Library of Virginia
804/692-0800  
jjames at lva.lib.va.us  


> -----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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