Hi Sven (et al.), On 04/08/2011, at 12:46 AM, Sven Aluoor wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Ashley Aitken <mrhat...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi Ashley > >> Check out the news about OS X Lion Server. >> All you need to be able to do now to be an "Apple Server Expert" is to flick >> an On-Off switch (or that's all you can do ;-). >> Apple is out of the Enterprise server market - hardware and OS - and >> targeting only the workgroup, small office, etc. >> I'm sticking with Mac OS X Server 10.6 (Snow Leopard Server) until it's no >> longer useful. >> Check out OS X Lion Server Discussion Forum at Apple. > > I found an article in InfoWorld with title "Why IT won't like Mac OS X > Lion Server" http://www.infoworld.com/print/167787 > The Lion Server GUI is dumbed down, but behind the scenes there are a > lot Open Source components like PostgreSQL, Samba, OpenLDAP,.. which > you can configure and use through CLI? Sure, but that was one of the big benefits of OSX - the powerful GUI on top of the CLI. I suppose one day I might upgrade to Lion Server but certainly not until everything stabilises within this transition. From what I've read it seems like a bit of a mess - admin this from the Server app, this from Server Admin, that from Workgroup Manager, and other things from the command line editing .plist files. It's a pity Apple didn't persist with the Server Preferences for simple administration and Server Admin and Workgroup Manager for advanced administration. I think that is the clear sign that Apple has changed their direction significantly, hence the reference to moving out of Enterprise server market. Cheers, Ashley. -- Ashley Aitken Perth, Western Australia mrhatken at mac dot com Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!) _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
