On 6 Dec 2002, at 9:02, Michael McKee wrote:

> On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 08:15  PM, Peter Williams wrote:
> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Gary Krockover
> >>
> >>
> >> Nobody has mentioned MacOSX server, does anybody have any experience 
> >> with it, and if so, what are your comments?
> >
> > Possibly the closed hardware situation limits its appeal?
> >
> > --
> > Peter Williams
> >
> Or it could be that not too many people know that Apple has created an 
> honest to goodness rack mounted server. We just installed a couple and 
> are still getting used to them but the preliminary report is positive. 
> For those who might want to run 'nix but aren't yet up to speed it is 
> close to ideal.
> 
> Advantages:
> It has all of the ease of use advantages of Windows but the license is 
> much less expensive ($1000 US for an unlimited license) and it runs on 
> a BSD core. It does come with Apple support. It can be run from the 
> command line if you know how but has a GUI administration system. It is 
> more secure than Windows and Apple has been pretty good at getting out 
> security patches.
> 
> Disadvantages:
> There is still a fee for the license. While the core OS (Darwin) is 
> open, the graphical overlay is closed source. And yes you do need Apple 
> boxes to run it, though the rack mount is competitively priced and has 
> gotten good reviews.
> 
> michael

Only review I read of it was a head-to-head test with 
some Linux distro for the Mac, and MacOSX server 
tested out slower, IIRC. But that's not an area I keep 
much track of, since Apple hardware generally falls 
outside of my price range.

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu
 

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