Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Substitute Linux by MacOS???
From: Christopher C. Petro (petro@playboy.com)
Date: Mon Feb 16 1998 - 16:00:19 EST
Sorry about being a little late on this one, I normally don't read much of
the list, and was just wandering thru when I noticed this sickness.
At 4:48 PM -0600 2/8/98, Jesse Swensen wrote:
>At 10:53 PM +0100 2/8/98, Oliver Wrede wrote:
>>Hi everybody.
>>
>>We want to substitute a Linux box by an MacOS-Server! These here are
>>our main services and our plans to substitute Mac software. I don't
>>have any experiences with this services on Mac and I wnat to know if
>>anybody can comment on it (bad/good, do's/dont's, etc)
>>
>>LINUX: --> APPLE:
>>
>>WWW (Apache) WWW (Apache / WebTen)
>>Mail (Sendmail) Stalker Internet Mail Server
>>FTP FTP (NetPresence/WebTen)
>>Majordomo MacJordomo
>>PHP (???)
Some of this functionality would be in lasso/Tango. A very little.
>>MySQL FileMaker Pro + Lasso/Tango
NO. DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. FILEMAKER PRO BLOWS BIG CHUNKS OF
PARTICIALLY DIGESTED VEGETABLE MATTER.
Sorry, I LOVE the mac platform. I love linux. Unix on the servers,
Macs on the desk top.
Filemaker Pro server is a Horrid Horrid thing. Filemaker pro is a
nasty nasty peice of work in a networked enviroment. Trust me, I am loosing
my hair over clarises BRAIN DAMAGED implementation of many things
(Passwords are assigned on a per-table basis, and to change permissions,
add a user, or do anything with passwords, you MUST take the table (aka
file) down to a single user state...I.e. take it off line. Adding/Modifying
fields the same thing.) No, filemaker is NOT the way to go. If you
absolutely MUST use a mac for your intranet, then take a serious look at
the Butler Database stuff.
Also, the MacOS just flat out can't handle the kinds of loads that
a similar unix boxen (esp. a Linux box) can. Just won't happen.
Of course you can wait about 3-6 months and just use Rhapsody. It's
real real nice.
Remember, you have been warned.
>>Telnet (???)
Why? MacOS is not even multitasking, much less multiuser.
>>PPP (analog + digital) VICOM Internet Gateway
>>FTP-Spiegelung FTP-Client + AppleScript
>>WWW based Newsgroup (???)
>>Netatalk (TCP/IP) not needed
Actuallly, you WILL need an Appleshare server.
Also, all of the Mac products you mentioned are commercial
products. For the prices you would pay for all of that, you could buy a
couple machines to run linux on. You will probably also (depending on
loads) want to get an extra Mac because your
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