On 02/03/2014 15:30, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Terminal Services have definitely become more common over time, but
> with faster and cheaper virtualization, a lot of people have switched
> to that instead, which would remove the problem of course.
>
> I wonder how common it actually is, though, to *build postgres* on a
> terminal services machine with other users on it...
>
Well, the banks I've contracted at recently are all rather keen on
virtual desktops for developers, and some of those are terminal
services. We're a headache, and packaging up all the things we need is
a pain, so there is some mileage in buying grunty servers and doing
specific installs that are then shared, rather than making an MSI
generally available.
Also I have experience of being given accounts for jenkins etc that are
essentially terminal services logins, and having these things unable to
maintain a software stack can effectively disqualify tech we would
otherwise use.