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Article #620231Re: Soon, the Only Alternatives to Windows Server will be open-source
From: Peter Flass
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:54
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:54
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J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 23:15:29 -0200, anonymous coward <an...@coward.com> > wrote: > >> Em 04/02/2018 21:03, Quadibloc escreveu: >>> Just saw this news item: >>> >>> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/29/farewell_to_macos_server/ >>> >>> I didn't really know there _was_ a MacOS Server, and so I can't blame Apple too >>> much for deciding the effort to maintain it isn't worth the expense... their >>> hardware is too expensive to be a rational choice for people wishing to set up a >>> server in most cases. >>> >>> If, however, one has quite a few Macs on the desktop, one would like the server >>> for them to be as secure as they are, and to be operable by people whose training >>> is with the Macintosh, so this decision could well cost them with the corporate >>> desktop. >>> >>> John Savard >>> > > OS/X Server was never a viable alternative to Windows Server except in > the minds of Mac fanatics. It only ran on a few tiny little machines > made by Apple. Of course windows server is small potatoes compared to Linux (33%) > >> Another alternative will be OpenVMS for x86-64 in 2020: > > I wish it well. >> >> https://vmssoftware.com/pdfs/VSI_Roadmap_20171215.pdf > -- Pete
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