Remote Desktop Assistant woes

Hi all,
My boss was talking about the WWDC2007 session he saw on ARD and particularly "Remote Desktop Assistant" which allows list sharing.
I've tried to get it working but it refuses to go. The main computer I tried only showed 5 of the 20 lists. Every computer I've tried sharing lists to or from the "Remote Desktop Assistant" crashes when I hit the "Sync" button.
I'm running ARD 3 and OS X 10.4.10
Has anyone had any success or failures getting this to work.
# Tony Williams

I have downloaded Extending Remote Desktop for Large Installations PDF. It references two applications that I am having difficulty locating. It looks like you have found these apps. Do you have a URL where these could be found?
I'd like to try this out - even if it has been failing. I have 22 of my 47 schools with dedicated XServes for Task Server activities and local ARD administrator computers. This seems to be a good fit for my environment and I am willing to get this working and share my notes (pass or fail).

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