Comments on: Microsoft’s RDC beta expires; no new release available

By: Geert Bevin

Geert Bevin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:26:07 +0000

Same here, been using CoRD for years, never looked back at RDC:
http://cord.sourceforge.net/

By: EL RDC de Microsoft expira…sin actualización : Canal Apple

EL RDC de Microsoft expira…sin actualización : Canal Apple — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:27:07 +0000

[...] no es chiste, pero si vives en un mundo mixto como el mío (casi todo Windows, y un par de Macs) la utilidad RDC de Microsoft es necesidad diaria. Pues hoy tienes que vivir con la triste realidad de un mensaje [...]

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:56:53 +0000

I noticed the looming expiration date when i downloaded the client a week ago. Luckily I’ve left it running, so hopefully they’ll get something new out before I have to reboot the computer.

Shouldn’t someone at MS have an alarm in their Outlook for the expiration date of software, to make sure precisely this situation never happens?

By: Eleventeen

Eleventeen — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:23:03 +0000

I second the opinion on Cord. Way better than RDC ever was. It supports multiple sessions at a time, saved profiles, etc.

By: J5

J5 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:07:22 +0000

Try CORD, I’ve had nothing but good experiences.

By: Eddie Hargreaves

Eddie Hargreaves — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:25:27 +0000

Ben, thanks for that reference to the Office for Mac blog post. It’d be nice if that information was easily accessible on the site that RDC links to.

Also, there are still some unanswered questions. For instance, what about those people who need to use saved connections (which apparently aren’t working anymore due to the expiration). Do they have to wait two months to regain that functionality?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:40:28 +0000

The latest beta of CORD (open source remote desktop client) is very stable for me; whereas I was repeatedly experiencing strange rendering errors (black rectangles on screen) with RDC beta 2.

By: Joe W

Joe W — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:23:03 +0000

“Lastest version” isn’t wrong.
That’s a colloquial superlative form to connote this version being really, really latest.

By: Uncle

Uncle — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:11:59 +0000

OMG…does that blue button in the dialog actually say “Download the LASTEST version”?!

Funniest…ever.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:05:38 +0000

There’s a post on the Mac BU site:

http://www.officeformac.com/.ee96857

We can still use it, and a final release should be coming by the end of May.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:58:20 +0000

That sucks. I need this for work! I guess at least I have VMware to boot up Windows to RDC into something; but that’s overkill.