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Article #620237Re: Soon, the Only Alternatives to Windows Server will be open-source
From: J. Clarke
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 12:28
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 12:28
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On 5 Feb 2018 10:31:06 GMT, ma...@mail.com wrote: >On 2018-02-05, ma...@mail.com <ma...@mail.com> wrote: >> On 2018-02-04, Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: >>> 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 >> >> People ask me sometimes what sort of laptop they should buy. I always >> advise Mac. if you tell them Linux, you will spend the next year >> telling them what to do. >> >> They usually ask, come back, and say "They are too dear." >> to which the reply would be, >> >> "If you are happy with rubbish, then buy rubbish" >> >> > >There is a picture somewhere of Microsoft announcing a new feature, >the reporters are almost all using Macs. I don't think that reporters doing something is any kind of recommendation.
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