And please stop whining about being a "small user." big deployment,
small deployment.. jeez. Those terms mean absolutely nothing. I
don't think we (my school) is a very big deployment at all, and we
are having no real problem migrating to 10.5. Because I can afford
a part time person- sure wish I could afford a full time server
admin! Though we are small enough, I don't have enough work for
someone full time.
If you are running a small business, which is too small to pay $6,000
a year to keep a $3,000 box running, let alone have someone come in on
a weekly basis, you are now in a desperate situation (This is from off-
list communication). This is what I mean by a small user. Apple is
marketing to this segment and they are not supporting it. That is
fraud in my book.
I wasted hours trying to get Leopard running, because Apple couldn't
be bothered to make it clear that anything but an Advanced Install
needs a DNS, and a good one, already running (and this is a change
from previous OS Xs). This experience has been repeated again and
again by countless users. This is either a sign of a company that
doesn't give a damn or prefers to not name potential problems, due to
marketing considerations. Anybody who values their time will avoid
anything like this in the future. And a most of those using a Mac
Server, are doing so, not as their job, but as a precondition to doing
their job. And this don't give a damn attitude is visible at every
level of the product - the Install, the configuration and management
tools, the Enterprise/Exec. Support, documentation, books, and even
the basic services. I'd rather spend the time to getting Linux
working, where at least the nature of the task is clear, and not one
polished up by a Marketing Dept. that couldn't care less what happens
once the box is out the door, because that is someone else's job.
dss
David Stodolsky email@hidden Skype: davidstodolsky
