In article
<alangbaker-075826.09515815052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <1roo24trri45ufthk88qviqtu2kmlgjoda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> OSIRIS <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 15 May 2008 04:17:55 GMT, Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >In article <qucn24h5od83btn1k62v8b4m578p9rk6rs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > > 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."
Alan - he wrote "regular Intel hardware" which it will NOT run on, unless
it was
made by Apple. :-)
>
> 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
> >
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