eXpertise from Quarterdeck

eXceed or eXceed/Express from Hummingbird

• "The market leader and absolute best software is exceed from hummingbird. (i'm biased because i use and resell it)."
• "hummingbord offers exceed/express if you want to bypass tcp/ip & PPP to get faster X."
• "Hummingbird : The Standard of the industry. It's only flaw is the tcp/ip stack that is in reality pc/tcp.... X wise probably the oldest of the three and the more debugged and most stable. Expensive kit... > 300$/users..."
• "Get Hummingbird Exceed for your PC - you get a full X-server with it ...."
• "i would use eXceed for Windows as the x server software. depending on your network, an ethernet pcmcia card (i would generally buy 3com) or a modem may be appropriate; exceed has support for low-speed x over a modem."
• "use Hummingbirds exceeds program, for windows95, NT, 3.1 it should work for all of these platforms - don't know about OS/2 - they might? this package will trap x-calls and display them to your pc screen."

eXcursion

GO-Global from GraphOn

• "We are also testing a new, yet to be released, product from Graph-ON called GO-Global. It has much of the functionality of the other two packages, but seems to have a radically (200%+) improved interactive response times. Over a 28.8 modem it is *almost* like being at work (well, not quite, but MUCH better than either Hummingbird or eXceed). This product also puts much less strain on the laptop's resources, requiring about 1Meg of hardisk space. We are keeping a close eye on Graph-ON's product because of it's performance."

LAN WorkPlace from Novell

• "Lan WorkPlace from Novell... The best one to integrate in an odi/mlid mixed protocol environment. The X-Server is a little slow but quite complete. The suite comes with nice well designed utilities. Around 70-100$/users depending on the size of the licence pack"

Linux

• "the German computer magazin "IX" had a project to use Linux as an Xterminal (also diskless).Take a look at "http://www.heise.de/ix" . The article came out early this ... The neccessary Linux stuff you'll find in ftp:
  iX-Terminal
  iX-Terminal-ELF (newer version of Linux with ELF support)
  There are a few shops where you can get a BOOTROM for PCs. Probably you'll get them also at Emedia (close or owned by Heise Verlag)."
• "The Linux-Version is a nice Idea, since there's already a size-optimzed Version as "Linux as a X-Terminal" available."

NetBSD

• "You don't just have Linux in this camp. The NetBSD distribution comes with the code to make your own boot roms and is also free."

PMX from IBM

Reflection X from WRQ

Solaris x86

• "For best compatiblity with the sun products, you should install Solaris for x86. But this is, as far as i assume, the most expensive solution."

Solarnet PC-X from Sun

• "We are using Solarnet PC-X (from Sun). Like all of the other products of which I am aware, it runs under MS Windows and does crash ocassionally because of Windows bugs. It runs better if used with the Sun TCP/IP drivers which come with it."

TGV

• "TGV : Not bad it comes with a very flexible Telnet and the X-Server is not bad... Price is low but the software does have some pitfalls... The WinSock could be more standard. TGV as a company was recently bought by Cisco... On a site license can be as low as 50$/users"

Xappeal from Xtreme (perhaps)

• "It is an MSDOS based Xserver and can use font services if need be. Based on XFree86 3.11 and cheap to purchase. 30 day demo is available."

Xoftware from NetManage

• "We are currently using Netmanage's product beccause it is easier to install, setup and use which means less support demands from our users (than eXceed - WM)".

XOnNet from ftp

Thanks

• Justin Young
• P. Alejandro Lopez-Valencia
• Rachel Polanskis
• Scott Brooks - CSS
• Gregory Goldstein
• Brett Lymn
• Karlheinz Pischke
• Edward Grimm
• Houser, Doug W.
• Rahul Roy
• Mike (Mehran) Salehi
• Herbert Wengatz
• Jeff Putsch
• George P Josilo
• Claude Roy
• Dan Pritts
• Bert Shure
• Eric R. Ramelli
• Peter Schauss
• Ed Choe