Mta-interface: amavisd-new 2.3.3 (20050822) at macftphttp.serverbox.org
On Dec 31, 2005, at 07:25 , Robert Dell wrote:
Dan Shoop wrote:
At 5:02 PM -0600 12/30/05, Joe Sporleder wrote:
I would hope it would be OK to compare options on this list! :-)
Is MacOS X Server a good fit for these needs, or is it not? How
does this product offer advantages over MacOS X Server?
Of course it is valid to compare options here.
if somebody wants to run a dns server only, do it on a client.
if somebody wants to run a web server only, do it on a client.
if somebody wants to run a ftp server only, do it on a client.
if somebody wants to run a mail server only, do it on a client.
if somebody wants to run any combination of the above, do it on a
client.
if somebody wants to share files with another computer, buy osx
server.
that's the message Apple server tech support gave me.
the only things server is for are:
a fancy user interface to the core functionality already existing
in the client machines
the ability to share files with other mac computers (something
taken away from client machines with the shift from os9 to osx)
a watchdog timer that restarts services that were supposed to be
running but for some reason shut down
I guess you didn't look hard enough into the client OS to realize
that this statement isn't entirely true, I've been slowly converting
two machines from 10.4.server software to 10.4 client because
everything is either already provided or available in source format,
the loss of the GUI server tools isn't worth crying over when
measured against the total freedom of no OS/user restrictions, no
serial number required to interfere with operations and no large
price tag.
