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A few weeks ago I wrote about Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and noted that "Microsoft'sRDP client, Remote Desktop Connection Client 2.1 doesn't support OSX 10.7 or later." ... an observation to which I added, "Meh." Reader Keith Rinaldo wrote to tell me, "I can confirm thatMicrosoft Remote Desktop Connection Client 2.1 works perfectly fineon OS X 10.7. I have been using RDP 2.1 since I installed OS X10.7.0, through all iterations up to my current OS X 10.7.3(awaiting a reboot to install 10.7.4) and RDP Client 2.1.1." I checked this out and, indeed, Keith is correct; RDP 2.1.1 doesindeed work, but how foolish of me to believe Microsoft because onits Web site it warns : "Note Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac (version2.1.1) is not intended for use with Mac OS X v10.7 (Lion) orlater." Pretty much the same thing is written twice more on the download page . I usually believe vendors when they say something doesn't work (butoften I don't believe the opposite), but maybe I should rethinkthat rule. Even so, now that I've compared Microsoft's OS X RDPclient to the free, open source (FOSS) alternative I wrote about, CoRD , I much prefer the latter -- it produces a better lookingrendition of the remote desktop. Your mileage may vary. Another followup is for something I wrote about in my Backspin column , the scheduled demise of Microsoft's support for Windows XP andOffice 2003 on April 9, 2014. I suggested that because XP and Office 2003 are still useful andrelevant to so many people, Microsoft should do the right thing andrelease the source code to both as open source, and a livelydiscussion in the online article's comment section ensued. One of the comments highlighted a FOSS project that could make itirrelevant whether or not Microsoft makes the code available, ReactOS , an operating system "based on the design of Windows XP/2003."Interesting, but the story gets better: "Written completely fromscratch, [ReactOS] aims to follow the Windows-NT architecturedesigned by Microsoft from the hardware level right through to theapplication level. This is not a Linux based system, and shares none of the unix architecture." The developers explain that the main goal "is to provide anoperating system which is binary compatible with Windows. This willallow your Windows applications and drivers to run as they would on your Windows system." Nice. The developers continue to get us excited by saying, "Additionally,the look and feel of the Windows operating system is used, suchthat people accustomed to the familiar user interface of Windowswould find using ReactOS straightforward. The ultimate goal of ReactOS is to allow you to remove Windows andinstall ReactOS without the end user noticing the change." Woo-hoo!And I really like one of the slogans the developers use: "Changeyour OS, not your software!" The developers do, however, warn:"Please bear in mind that ReactOS 0.3.14 is still in alpha stage,meaning it is not feature-complete and is not recommended foreveryday use.". We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Shop Display Stands Manufacturer , Shoe Display Racks for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Plastic Display Stands.
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