At 6:19 PM -0800 2/7/07, Christopher Bort imposed structure on a
stream of electrons, yielding:
If you're only running 'internet' services (mail, web, ftp), then you are
absolutely correct. OS X Server is not worth the premium price. It _is_
worth it, however, if you are in an environment where you need the other
services included with Server (file services, 'collaboration' services,
etc.) and you need them to be integrated through Open Directory.
The one thing I am considering shelling out for is just that. Putting
together a small network of machines for a small number of users gets
to be a nuisance fast, particularly if you have users who want the
sort of behavior they've had in enterprise-scale Novell, Windows, and
Solaris environments: one account, same user experience no matter
where they log in, etc.
Top of my list of cool projects I would do with my next bit of free
time (um, yeah, right) is to replicate that without the $500 price
tag for Server. All the parts are there in the open Darwin tree
except for the pretty GUI's and the widgetry they talk to.
--
Bill Cole
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