[wplug] running windows programs remotely

[Eric Cooper]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 04:19:49PM -0700, Juan Zuluaga wrote:
> [...]
> Could there be a way to make these CDs (or a copy of
> them on hard drive) remotely accesible and interactive
> for users connected via web (DSpace|Greenstone-like or
> library OPAC)? 

I think copying the CD images to a file server is the right approach.
You'll have more flexibility on access control that way, as well as
backup protection.

As for actually running the proprietary viewing software, you can
round up the usual suspects -- dosemu, wine, qemu, xen -- and probably
use VNC to export whatever approach works.

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