The._Files are where the OS puts the second filesystem stream by default when writing to non-HFS volumes. If you are using a CIFS server on NTFS then the Mac can use NTFS streams as well so that admins aren't perturbed by seeing all the fork files.
The Apple equivalent of AD is OD. Both of them are based on LDAP.
The Apple equivalent of GPO is Managed Preferences. This has long been delivered via directory services, but Lion also allows you to deliver it with MDM solutions.
Apple also continues to add projects to MacOSForge, including the recent addition of a project for DCE/RPC on UNIX systems. http://www.macosforge.org/post/new-project-dcerpc/ There are lots of other fun things there too like the Apple implementation of X.
People must be thrilled that Adobe will drop the price of Photoshop to $0.99 tomorrow!
The prices will only spiral down if the developers do it. Notice that they have not made the same mistake on the iPad. There we haven't seen the same race to the bottom like on the iPhone/iPod apps.
With the campy voiceover, gratuitous transitions, and fake movie credits at the end I'm pretty sure this came out exactly like they wanted it. NASA was making some funny movies about their projects to show to their peers at a conference.
They're rocket scientists, not cinematographers, so cut some slack on the production values.
The rather new Dell plant near Winston-Salem was just shut down (moved to Mexico), and there has been rumors of Apple buying it for manufacturing as well.
As great as this would be, I'll believe it when I see it. I just can't imagine that an organization as big as Apple would be so forward thinking as recognizing that the cost of doing business overseas is often not realized immediately.
Well, the Dell plant is still running for now. They've still not announced when it will actually close.
That sort of job isn't as much a tech job as it's a putting computers in boxes job. Dell came here because of the large number of experienced factory workers in the area that were left out of work when the textile industry left.
Apple offers the Keychain APIs for secure storage of identity items as well.
Using this a browser can store what it needs in a secure way. Access to each and every item is controlled by ACLs that you can tweak to your heart's content.
A home server: This would be a machine that would have some sort of RAID array in it (two mirrored drives at the least, or perhaps an ultra-reliable SLC flash drive at the high end), and stream music and movies to the set top boxes.
Advanced wireless AP. Take an AEBS, add to it a RADIUS server, and ability to be used as a repeater. This way, a small business can have advanced wireless security, without worry that a PSK could be gleaned from a compromised machine.
The Mac Mini server seems a lot like your home server dream (Without media licenses for streaming BD movies) and you can combine it with AEBS units.
For those that have never seen it in action, when you setup a 10.6 server in "easy" mode it detects your AEBS units and offers to take management control of them. At that point it will automatically take care of RADIUS auth, firewalling, and port mapping on the base station router as you change services on the server.
From there the server can automatically broadcast services to the desktops and setup things like backup, mail, and chat services.
I'm normally one of the people that just goes for the manual setup, but I did one of the easy setups the other day and was rather impressed by how slick it was.
Pretty much all INDIE games were released that way back then. The big publishers were around then as well. I had tons of boxed, commercial software, from EA, Epyx, and Infocom in the '80s even.
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The ._Files are where the OS puts the second filesystem stream by default when writing to non-HFS volumes. If you are using a CIFS server on NTFS then the Mac can use NTFS streams as well so that admins aren't perturbed by seeing all the fork files.
As someone who does a lot of Mac AD integration, what other management settings would you like to see?
Not trolling, just interested as to what you see as missing.
The Apple equivalent of AD is OD. Both of them are based on LDAP.
The Apple equivalent of GPO is Managed Preferences. This has long been delivered via directory services, but Lion also allows you to deliver it with MDM solutions.
The decision to release OS10.7, or Lion, for download only is hardly going to endear Apple to IT managers who need to conserve network resources.
I can't see how this is an actual issue for most IT managers. Most shops have already been doing electronic delivery on every other OS for years.
You can just copy the Lion installer to a network share or other disk to move it around as well.
The EULA allows for virtualization of up to two additional instances without the need for more licenses as long as you do it on Mac hardware. http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=lion-eula
Are you talking about this kernel source? http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-1504.9.26/ Apple has posted the sources for the 10.6.6 Kernel and directions for building them on MacOSForge.
Apple also continues to add projects to MacOSForge, including the recent addition of a project for DCE/RPC on UNIX systems. http://www.macosforge.org/post/new-project-dcerpc/ There are lots of other fun things there too like the Apple implementation of X.
You could break it, but not scratch it.
You have clearly never watched CSPAN Book!
People must be thrilled that Adobe will drop the price of Photoshop to $0.99 tomorrow!
The prices will only spiral down if the developers do it. Notice that they have not made the same mistake on the iPad. There we haven't seen the same race to the bottom like on the iPhone/iPod apps.
Business customers can distribute their own apps right now via the Enterprise development programs.
With the campy voiceover, gratuitous transitions, and fake movie credits at the end I'm pretty sure this came out exactly like they wanted it. NASA was making some funny movies about their projects to show to their peers at a conference.
They're rocket scientists, not cinematographers, so cut some slack on the production values.
That ballon really wrecked things up.
Straight out of Compton indeed.
Why yes, $1,000,000,000 is what it will cost over 9 years cost actually. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9133961/Apple_picks_N.C._for_1B_data_center
NC crafted a law specifically saying that the tax incentives vanish if a company coming in failed to invest $1 billion within 9 years. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/HTML/S575v4.html
As great as this would be, I'll believe it when I see it. I just can't imagine that an organization as big as Apple would be so forward thinking as recognizing that the cost of doing business overseas is often not realized immediately.
Apple did pull back on an Indian call center several years ago when they realized it might not make the best business sense. http://news.cnet.com/Apple-hangs-up-on-India-call-center/2100-1047_3-6079967.html
Apple also does maintain a US manufacturing plant, but it's mainly for customers that require US built computers.
Well, the Dell plant is still running for now. They've still not announced when it will actually close.
That sort of job isn't as much a tech job as it's a putting computers in boxes job. Dell came here because of the large number of experienced factory workers in the area that were left out of work when the textile industry left.
Normally you need to pay the escort service in advance to get a "Double Irish". They require a lien on property for the "Dutch Sandwich".
Wow, 50TB of flash is a lot of thumbdrives!
Most "regular" users don't know anything about anti-virus software so they just install whatever throws a popup ad at them.
Most people don't notice it's fake software.
Most people don't care that it's fake software. They just assume the "software people" know what they are doing and assume it's working.
Apple offers the Keychain APIs for secure storage of identity items as well.
Using this a browser can store what it needs in a secure way. Access to each and every item is controlled by ACLs that you can tweak to your heart's content.
Um. Microsoft announced a long time ago that Windows Phone 7 would have no copy-paste or multitasking.
Did CNET just now figure this out?
Apple has had a sleep proxy built into their Airport devices since WWDC last year...
What word is used in British English for bringing music from a CD into a media player app?
Just curious...
A home server: This would be a machine that would have some sort of RAID array in it (two mirrored drives at the least, or perhaps an ultra-reliable SLC flash drive at the high end), and stream music and movies to the set top boxes.
Advanced wireless AP. Take an AEBS, add to it a RADIUS server, and ability to be used as a repeater. This way, a small business can have advanced wireless security, without worry that a PSK could be gleaned from a compromised machine.
The Mac Mini server seems a lot like your home server dream (Without media licenses for streaming BD movies) and you can combine it with AEBS units.
For those that have never seen it in action, when you setup a 10.6 server in "easy" mode it detects your AEBS units and offers to take management control of them. At that point it will automatically take care of RADIUS auth, firewalling, and port mapping on the base station router as you change services on the server.
From there the server can automatically broadcast services to the desktops and setup things like backup, mail, and chat services.
I'm normally one of the people that just goes for the manual setup, but I did one of the easy setups the other day and was rather impressed by how slick it was.
Pretty much all INDIE games were released that way back then. The big publishers were around then as well. I had tons of boxed, commercial software, from EA, Epyx, and Infocom in the '80s even.
Erm. The 3GS came out less than a year ago...