oooooh kay.... Windows 8 test:
KINDLE:
rdesktop: A Remote Desktop Protocol client.
Version 1.5.0. Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Matt Chapman.
FAIL
DESKTOP: (mine)
Version 1.7.0. Copyright (C) 1999-2011 Matthew Chapman et al.
See
http://www.rdesktop.org/ for more information.
WORKS
so... Let me see about maybe dragging the version forward I am offering.
working - on - it.