I just did an update to 10.5.3 using the stand-alone installer and,
after the delay and restarts Apple warned about, I was presented with
the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD). After an hour and confirmation of no
hard drive head movement for at least two minutes, I forced a shut
down with the power button. Restarted fine and web back on line. Not
a confidence-inspiring update. :-( Actually, it's the first time I've
seen Server updates do this.
Then there's Mail. It's now even worse than in 10.5.2. It did not
work in 10.5.0, or 10.5.1, or 10.5.2. I was so hoping that Apple
would finally make this service work. No such luck. 'Upgrading'
turned off SMTP incoming, and there's no way to get it on. Every time
I click the button and Save, the button simply unchecks itself.
In my 26 years as an exclusively Apple user (bigot, actually), I've
NEVER seen Apple release software as insanely, woefully buggy as
Leopard Server. I've seen a few iffy Apple software products, but
never anything even approaching this. I'm told that Tiger Server is
way better, but my licence is for Leopard. :-(
The upgrade notes do not speak of ANY of the bugs I've reported in
Mail since 10.5.0, and there's (naturally) no indication the the
upgrade may kill Mail, which it does in my case.
Where does one go to get one's money back, and where does one send
the invoice for all the time Apple has wasted by non-consensually
making me a beta (alpha) tester of the (ahem) 'bullet-proof,
enterprise-level' product? Does Apple not understand that our
businesses are at stake, because we base our businesses on reliable,
enterprise capable software? Given my experiences with Leopard
Server, I just don't see how Apple can claim Server is remotely
suitable for enterprise use.
Grrrr.
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Trevor
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