I do work with OS X Server/Client (as well as Solaris and Windows Server). Of the the three, OS X Server is by far the easiest. It is as reliable as Solaris, but without the extra expenses and MUCH better management tools--by better, I mean I can get the task done quicker without having to remember arcane commands.
As to documentation, I find that if you know where to look (and this can be said of Sun, too) there is a boat load of documentation. The place to start with OS X Server is to go to Apple.com => Support => Manuals => OS X Server Manuals for Apple's documentation. There are also a number of good enthusiasts sites, but for the corporate line, this is the place.
I do agree that AppleScript documentation is not great, but its use on the server is better served with shell scripting.
I have a t68i. Recently, this phone has stopped working correctly on the AT&T network. That is why they are "upgrading" to the new 226. I was able to get them to give me a 616 (which has bluetooth so I can still use my Jabra headset and sync with my bluetooth enabled Powerbook). I had to agree to two more years on my contract, and they are still sending me the 226. I just moved the SIM from my T68i to the 616 and everything is good.
I purchased the book, and it is a good resource. The reason I needed this was I needed to create a droplet to translate mac line endings to unix line endings (\r to \n).
I can do this in the terminal using tr, (tr '\r' '\n' unixfile), but the staff who prepare the files are not terminal savey. They just need something simple they can use to do this translation on.csv files before uploading to a remote PeopleSoft server.
An AppleScript droplet that calls the shell commands "magically" when the file is dropped on it is perfect, easy, and straightforward.
If all you have is hammers then someone is going to get a sore thumb.
There is no way in the world that a President who owes so much to the Religous Right will EVER propose building a particle accelerator. It's goal is to find the basic building blocks of matter and the origin of the Universe.
Being fruitful, multiplying, and taking God's Word to another planet . . . That fits in with the RR's point of view. Solving the basic mysteries of creation? . . . Those answers are already laid out in Genisis. Nothing more to see there, please keep moving along.
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As to documentation, I find that if you know where to look (and this can be said of Sun, too) there is a boat load of documentation. The place to start with OS X Server is to go to Apple.com => Support => Manuals => OS X Server Manuals for Apple's documentation. There are also a number of good enthusiasts sites, but for the corporate line, this is the place.
I do agree that AppleScript documentation is not great, but its use on the server is better served with shell scripting.
I have a t68i. Recently, this phone has stopped working correctly on the AT&T network. That is why they are "upgrading" to the new 226. I was able to get them to give me a 616 (which has bluetooth so I can still use my Jabra headset and sync with my bluetooth enabled Powerbook). I had to agree to two more years on my contract, and they are still sending me the 226. I just moved the SIM from my T68i to the 616 and everything is good.
I can do this in the terminal using tr, (tr '\r' '\n' unixfile), but the staff who prepare the files are not terminal savey. They just need something simple they can use to do this translation on .csv files before uploading to a remote PeopleSoft server.
An AppleScript droplet that calls the shell commands "magically" when the file is dropped on it is perfect, easy, and straightforward.
If all you have is hammers then someone is going to get a sore thumb.
Being fruitful, multiplying, and taking God's Word to another planet . . . That fits in with the RR's point of view. Solving the basic mysteries of creation? . . . Those answers are already laid out in Genisis. Nothing more to see there, please keep moving along.