i want a free version of OSX SERVER [0 Client] for educational purposes
i am going to be buying a mac server in the next 2 months.
by the time it gets here i want to be blazing on OSX SERVER...but how?
it makes no sense for me to buy OSX Server right now
since it will be included with my eminent server purchase.
i have educational materials on the way but that's not the same as rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty.
wouldn't it make sense for apple to offer a training bundle of OSX Server that has zero client licenses and have it hobbled in some ther way to make sure people aren't lighting up networks on the sly with it?
it's no wonder people turn to warez when there is no viable solution in place.
i'm going to be plunking down a big chunk of money for the server and i need to be ready when it gets here. it's a problem for me and i'd love to hear some sensible solutions.
by the time it gets here i want to be blazing on OSX SERVER...but how?
it makes no sense for me to buy OSX Server right now
since it will be included with my eminent server purchase.
i have educational materials on the way but that's not the same as rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty.
wouldn't it make sense for apple to offer a training bundle of OSX Server that has zero client licenses and have it hobbled in some ther way to make sure people aren't lighting up networks on the sly with it?
it's no wonder people turn to warez when there is no viable solution in place.
i'm going to be plunking down a big chunk of money for the server and i need to be ready when it gets here. it's a problem for me and i'd love to hear some sensible solutions.
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Sans the additional GUI tools, anything you want to do with Mac OS X Server can be done with Mac OS X.
it's no wonder people turn to warez when there is no viable solution in place.
What? The solution you give is something very very few people need.
The premise is normal. I mean, a lot of software has a demo version available. Considering the market, competing with a free linux, giving a pseudo-free X Server would help facilitate adoption of the platform.
Originally posted by bunge
A demo of X Server could actually be very useful. I'm sure some IT shops around the country have an old Mac they could test it on to see if they like it. Once they do they would have to buy a full version and most likely new hardware.
Actually I'd second that. We're just in the process of buying a couple of nice new G5s for our repro lot, and the G4s are going to replace the few B&W G3s we have. We don't have that much need for the G3s after that but it would be nice to stick a couple of SCSI drives in one of them and give it a whirl with OSX server and see how it runs. If it turned out to be a good move it would make it a LOT easier convincing them we need a proper server (especially next year when one of our subsidiaries moves in-house).
JP.
or sign up for some hands-on Apple Training
for a few thousand dollars.
This seems like a ridiculous proposition. Why would Apple give away free copies of the *server* OS, the version that's supposed to cost *more* than the regular version?
MS has 180-day eval kits for all their server offerings. You can even download them. Novell offers an unlimited time free server eval with a 1 client log-in option. Apple could help slaes with this. Setting up a server within a network environment is not that easy, especially when you have to deal with already functioning Active Directory components, and DNS servers. It would make market entry lots easier.
Sans the additional GUI tools, anything you want to do with Mac OS X Server can be done with Mac OS X.
Duh. Isn't that why people buy Apple products. Might as well just get an X86 box and FreeBSD if I didn't need the GUI tools.
Actually, contact an Apple sales rep. I rec'd a demo copy just a month ago. They DO offer demo copies of the 10 user version.
npynenberg, if you have your sales rep's 4 digit extension - that would be very helpful to me. or let me know what channels you went through to obtain it please.
i just called Apple sales and spoke to a rep there and he said he is unaware of any such demo copy being available.
granted, it is 2:30 in the morning and the sales rep admittedly was an audio specialist.
he gave me a few phone numbers to inquire further but suggested i find out the 4 digit extension of the rep who dished the demo.
i think a "0 client" or "1 client" demo could be a real boon to adoption. after all, who's going to adopt a server environment they can't test out?
thx