[itim55]

Well, any thoughts?

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Kato! You have turned my apartment into a..a..Chinese nooky factory!

[bleen]

Probably just how Classic will be to OSXClient... It'll be around for a little bit, but Rhapsody (OSXS 1.x) will be slowly abandoned as classic will to be geared towards Darwin and Aqua for OSX Client and Server 2.0

[Alex Duffield]

I have always avoided OSXS1 because I knew it was just a temporary OS for Apple. I played with it a little, but never felt it was all that "Mac" like... More like Next with a mac interface...

The way I see it OSXS2 will be the first "real" Server OS made by Apple.. S1 was just a dresed up Next.

Thats not to say bad things about S1... Its just that S2 will blow it away so bad!!!

Also I will be able to do things like BACK UP with apps like Retrospect, or do drive repairs with Techtool pro (Drive X)..

I am a Mac guy at heart, but have been using Linux for my webservers for the last couple years. But I have a B&W G3 sitting here just waiting to go up against Linux when OSXS2 is out...

Also I hear that Timbuktu will be avalable for X...

Now I can admin a Mac wabserver like I admin a Mac workstation... (But with less reboots!!!)

OSX & OSXS2 are good things!!!




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[Mike F]

How about Apple's plans for ASIP Web & File. Will they be upgrading it anymore. Is it a dead product? Will OS X Server 2 run on Beige G3 Servers? How will OS X Server 2 handle as a File server as compared to ASIP Web & File? Anyone got any info on this?

[Alex Duffield]

from my playing with the PB, file transfere between t OSX systems blew OS9 out of the water! About 4 times as fast...

Now Id like to try it on 2 systems with gigabit cards...

OSXS2 is going to kick som ass!

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[dtriska]

Originally posted by Mike F:
How about Apple's plans for ASIP Web & File. Will they be upgrading it anymore. Is it a dead product? Will OS X Server 2 run on Beige G3 Servers? How will OS X Server 2 handle as a File server as compared to ASIP Web & File? Anyone got any info on this?

I suggest you go straight to the source: http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/

You'll find system requirements and a FAQ. I believe ASIP will be phased out by year's end as OS X Server 2 gains all of ASIP's funtionality.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/sysreq.html http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/pdf/MacOSX_FAQ-a.pdf

[Mike F]

Thanks for the info. I'll check these out. I would like to see OS X Server in action.

[gorgonzola]

Just a quick infobyte:

Mac OS X Server 2 is basically just a combination of Mac OS X Server 1.x, ASIP, and other Apple technologies like WebObjects 5 and Macintosh Manager. Features full Quartz/Aqua and is fully compatible with all Mac OS X Client apps (!).

Plus they have some wicked graphic config tools for almost every single Unix server shipping with it, and they're shipping almost every one I can think of...

check it out now, it'll blow your mind if all you've seen is Server 1.x.

This is the real Server OS.
www.apple.com/macosx/server

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[rmendis]

Originally posted by gorgonzola:
Mac OS X Server 2 is basically just a combination of Mac OS X Server 1.x, ASIP, and other Apple technologies like WebObjects 5 and Macintosh Manager.

I would have said a combination of MacOS X (client) ASIP, Macintosh Manager,...

MacOS X Server 1.0 was based on a different kernel/display system to MacOS X client and MacOS X Server 2.

So MacOS X Server 2 has less in common with MacOS X Server 1.0 than it does with MacOS C client.

Only being cheeky :-)

[gorgonzola]

you're right, of course.

to cheek back: it's not Mac OS C...



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