On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 10:21, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 09:29 -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > Why not use the software that Apple provides with OS X? > > Many reasons come to mind. One of them, is to use Free Software, instead > of mainly proprietary software. > You can still use apache and sendmail. They should compile under OS X just fine. > > It is a BSD type unix system. > > Not really. It is based on one such, but its behaviour has been severly > hampered. Why get a toy BSD-based os when you can get a serious BSD? > I admit I have not used OS X but have been considering an Apple laptop the next time I get one. I think you are being unfair calling it a toy BSD-based os. > > So all of the standard packages you would need for a > > mail server and web server should be available, if not bundled with OS X > > then certainly compilable or installed via what ever package system OS X > > uses. Give the hardware that would be the best option IMHO. > > You're giving it more hope than reality. The hardware is really nice, > though. And I've considered getting an Apple laptop in the future, but > only to use with Free Software. > Can't get much more free than Apache and sendmail. :) If you are talking about the OS I think you purchase that along with the hardware. So it is a sunk cost. I don't think Apple sells systems without their operating system. But I could be wrong about that. > > Instead of using expensive equipment (G4 or G5) you might consider using > > some cheap Intel or AMD based box. You can get good boxes for 300 to > > 400 dollars that will be more than sufficient to handle a small site > > with low volume traffic. > > This might be a good option... If you are hung up on using "free" software I think that would be the best option. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx "Jesus saves...but Gretzky gets the rebound!" -- Daniel Hinojosa (hinojosa@hp-sdd)
