In article <1roo24trri45ufthk88qviqtu2kmlgjoda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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OSIRIS <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 04:17:55 GMT, Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
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> >In article <qucn24h5od83btn1k62v8b4m578p9rk6rs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > OSIRIS <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> They tell me they are looking to accomplish sveral things:
> >>
> >> * Central storage. I suggested NAS or a File Server (options
> >> being XServe, Linux, Windows)
> >
> >Mac OS X Server 10.5. It doesn't necessarily have to be running on an
> >Xserve.
>
> OH! The local Apple retail store told me that Apples server solution
> was Xserve and it was a hardware/software combination and that Apple
> server software would not run on regular Intel hardware. Have I been
> misinformed (or confusingly informed)? How is Mac OS X Server 10.5
> different from Xserve? Could a tech who is good at doing Windows and
> Linux servers be reasonably successful setting it up?
You appear to have been misinformed:
<http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/specs.html>
"System Requirements
Mac server or desktop computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4
(867MHz or faster) processor; 1GB of physical RAM; 20GB of available
disk space."
Mac OS X Server is the operating system. An Xserve is a 1U, rack-mount
machine that comes with Mac OS X Server pre-installed.
And a Windows or Linux tech could probably set it up.
>
>
> >> * Microsoft Project. I know MS hasn't ****ted this to Macs, so
> >> I'm looking for an equivalent that will work on OSX
> >
> >Not sure of all of what MS Project will do, but try "FastTrack
Schedule"
> >
> ><http://www.aecsoft.com/products/fasttrack/>
>
> Thanks for that lead. I'll check it out.
>
>
> >> * Some sort of shared calendar or multiperson scheduling system
> >> (possibly included in one of the above items)
> >
> >Mac OS X Server includes a CalDAV server.
>
> I've never worked on that type of application, but it sounds like it
> may be just what they need. Remote access to their oofice from
> anywhere to access their own CalDAV app.
>
>
Actually, it would be remote access via VPN to access the data on the
server (via CalDAV) using whatever CalDAV calendaring program they have
on their own system. Here's a list of software compatible with the
iCalendar (not an Apple, but an IETF) standard:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applications_with_iCalendar_sup****t
>
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
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