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Inside Apple's Leopard Server OS

Posted by Zonk on from the nice-place-to-visit-wouldn't-want-to-live-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mac expert John Welch, author of the widely read OS X versus Vista comparison, delves into Apple's Leopard Server OS. He and Information week have on offer a deep dive into what's known so far about OS X Server 10.5, which will be showcased at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Welch weighs in on Leopard's iCal, Wiki, file, Quicktime, and mail services, along with Xgrid 2, Open Directory 4, and 64-bit capabilities. What does it all add up to? His assessment: Apple probably isn't aiming at 'big' enterprises; just the same, Leopard Server is shaping up to be a great SMB (small and mid-sized business) product. Welch writes: 'For about a thousand bucks on existing hardware, or for the cost of an Xserve, you get a really solid server, able to support Web services, collaboration, groupware, IM, and file services. You can run it with its own directory service, or as part of an Active Directory implementation out of the box. It provides some features that due to pricing and/or setup requirements, have traditionally been reserved for big enterprises — in particular clustering of both email and calendaring servers.'"

6 of 133 comments (clear)

  1. Yes but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell me how fast it copies files...

    Thanks
    --Bill G.

    1. Re:Yes but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      20 minutes for 17Mb files

  2. Re:Linux by AxminsterLeuven · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure, but it wouln't provide any obvious reasons for Vista-bashing. Where's the fun in that?

  3. Re:The magic end-to-end bullet by imikem · · Score: 3, Funny

    The one thing that has really helped MS in the enterprise has been that the sell an entire solution that all works together.

    They do? It does? What planet did I wake up on today?

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  4. I'm a mincing art fag who likes trannies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Is the Mac for me?

  5. Re:This would be the same... by Jeremi · · Score: 2, Funny
    I just bought my son an iMac and playing Lego Star Wars on it can throw it into a loop that only a power-off can break


    Lego Star Wars: the number one benchmark for enterprise-ready servers!

    ;^)

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    I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.