[austeros]

with the impending release of osX server (the new aqua version) will it be a server that an average user can use? obviously i am not referring to any idiot, what i am trying to ask... will it retain mac os user friendlyness?

[dtriska]

Of course it will. If you know how to use Aqua, you can use this server.

[rmendis]

Originally posted by dtriska:
Of course it will. If you know how to use Aqua, you can use this server.

You may still have to know the basic concepts of servers.

But if you've used Solaris, HP-UX or other server OSs,
you can be guaranteed that MacOS X Server will be no where near as complex to use.

While it may offer most of the functionality and performance of those OSs at this level.

Actually this kind of 'consumer server' will be very healthy addition to the Internet economy.

[dtriska]

Originally posted by rmendis:
You may still have to know the basic concepts of servers.

Hence, austeros' words, "i am not referring to any idiot."

[rmendis]

Originally posted by dtriska:
Hence, austeros' words, "i am not referring to any idiot."

Chill.

There is one thing standing in the way of a global Internet Economy.
That is the Personal Computer.

For the personal computer to become an 'appliance',
it needs to get friendlier, smarter, forgiving.

The market has saturated anyway for servers that demand technical expertise: Solaris, Hp-UX, AIX, Linux, AS/400, on & on...

Everyday people won't want to use them.

The last thing one wants these days is a product that excludes and alienates most of the human population.

Now i'm not calling everyday people 'idiots'.
Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Businessmen are not idiots.
(They just may not be 'techies'.)

But i think it is a compliment to the particular technology
if it is 'idiot proof' :-)

Much like the Macintosh.

Much like how MacOS X Server ought to be...