Leopard Server Overview

Through he doesn't seem to offer any truly new information, Daniel Eran over at Roughly Drafted has a nice post summarizing the changes coming in Leopard Server. One of the most significant highlights is the addition of many more "collaborative services" including a new iChat server that relays messages to the outside world, an iCal server for calendar sharing, a wiki server, and the Podcast Producer for automated podcast publishing. It seems like Apple is finally starting to ramp up OS X to be a stronger competitor to Microsoft's Exchange server for sharing information across a workgroup. While it's true that OS X Server probably isn't on the radar for most home users, it's good to know that Apple is continuing to refine our favorite OS for running on sweet Xserve iron, or maybe even a Mac mini home server.

[Edit: removed last sentence about pricing. Apparently, I misunderstood the way it works]

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Source: http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/C85A20BA-A56…

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Through he doesn't seem to offer any truly new information, Daniel Eran over at Roughly Drafted has a nice post summarizing the changes...

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Keith Duncan

From the apple site on Mac OS X Server:

The Mac OS X Server 10-Client Edition is designed for small workgroups and Internet hosting services that do not require simultaneous file sharing to more than 10 Mac and PC clients.

February 24 2007 at 6:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Brady J. Frey

You can run it just fine as a desktop - I know people who do this for Tiger so that they have a test system while working. Apple always boasts it's a desktop and more.

I hope their wiki server doesn't suck as much as their blog server. Stupid to not use something with skill like Wordpress, where a free Wordpress MU is lightyears ahead of that current junk -- poorly coded with standard errors that make it look like something I did back in 97.

February 23 2007 at 11:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Lloyd Hobden

Are there any any disadvantages to running server (aside from initial outlay) over standard Tiger/Leopard? I'm tempted to run it on my G5 for the added functionality though I do use the machine as a workstation...

February 23 2007 at 6:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bill

Because you buy he server edition it doesnt mean you get 10 copies of Leopard as well. You still need to buy Leopard for each workstation.

10 Clients just means as Converso pointed out that you can have 10 desktops connected up to the server.

February 23 2007 at 3:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mike

Looks like their own:
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/leopard/wikiserver.html

February 23 2007 at 1:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Converso

Buying OS X Server may even make financial sense if you have a lot of Macs, as a 10-client license for Tiger (and presumably Leopard) is $499....

What financial sense, you have to buy one copy of OSX for every workstation, the 10-client license is, AFAIK, number of distinct workstations that can be connected to the server.

February 23 2007 at 12:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

borophyll

Has anyone figured out what wiki software they are using? Have they written their own? Or is it an open source solution?

February 22 2007 at 10:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply