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Notes:
We realized at DESY the third solution. All applications are assigned to the computer and the local disks can be used. The user gets a local profile. That means, that it does not travel with him around.
If a user wants to start the application for the first time, the application launcher checks for the missing user part, install it and launches the application.
To support travelling users we use their home directories which travel around with the users. During logon they are mapped to a certain drive letter. We put all default configuration files of an application into a special folder in the home directory. For example the mail directory, address books, outlook databases, Netscapes preference files are placed there. In addition to that, we split the profile not using a real local profile, but a mixed profile. Every part with relationsships to the local disk stays on the local disk, while the other parts are located in the home directory.
But: The bad news is we do not achieve a perfect travelling user support. The good news is that we really don´t it ( this perfect ).
