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echo: nthelp
to: Geo.
from: Adam Flinton
date: 2004-08-14 00:42:04
subject: Re: sp2 surprises

From: Adam Flinton 

Ouch. I've been wondering how much java (esp J2EE) might have access cut to
raw sockets.

Would Cygwin have direct access?

Makes it a crap development platform (in a networked world).

Adam

Geo. wrote:
> from one of the mailing lists:
>
> Resubmitted as requested:
>
> I got this message from one of my technical people.
>
> Windows XP Service Pack 2 is incompatible with Daemon Tools, which is
> installed on some of the office computers. (I pooched my workstation.)
>
> The supplementary EULA seems to have two interesting tidbits:
>
> 1. You are prohibited from installing technologies that compete with Remote
> Desktop if you have a Home Edition license. (ie: PCanywhere or VNC.)
>
> 2. You cannot host network services on an XP computer for the non-primary
> user. (ie: No more Apache.)
>
> This is disturbing.
> Tim
>
>

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