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Apple's Bonjour Available for Windows

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the redmond-rendezvous dept.

inblosam writes "Apple's Bonjour ('also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks') is now available for Windows! A Bonjour icon shows up in Internet Explorer to enable Bonjour browsing, along with the Bonjour Printer Wizard. Developers can download the Bonjour SDK. The benefits would appear to be for Apple customers (more Bonjouring with more networks) and to gain Apple switchers by enticing Windows customers."

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  1. Rendevouz? by myspys · · Score: -1, Redundant

    wasn't Bonjour used to be called Rendevouz before?

    or am i thinking about something else?

  2. Re:Um.. okay by Electroly · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Bonjour is the new name for Rendezvous. Apple had to rename it because someone else had a trademark on Rendezvous.

  3. marketing niche by brajesh · · Score: -1, Redundant

    innovative cameras may include wireless networking to download pictures, perfect for spycams.

    hmmm...interesting

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  4. Re:Bonjour? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It used to be named Rendezvous until a trademark dispute forced them to rename it.

  5. Great by t_allardyce · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "The Bonjour Printer Wizard will only discover printers being shared by the Mac OS X "Printer Sharing" feature when the Macintosh is running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or later."

    Can you name me more than 3 people on this planet that have a Mac based printer server? And whats with the IE plug-in? why would anyone even write an IE plug-in??

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  6. Re:Is this a first? by CountBrass · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Oh I'm sorry but that made me laugh out loud.

    "SJ and I had a long chat" yeah right, as if anyone influential enough to have "long chats" with Steve Jobs would waste the amount of time you do trolling on Slashdot.

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