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Mac OS X Panther 7B34 and Server 7B32
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i think that might as well be because those are slow now a days, and it wouldn't even be worth running panther on it
The GM won't, no. Panther won't run (officially) on any Mac that doesn't have in-built USB.
Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
i think that might as well be because those are slow now a days, and it wouldn't even be worth running panther on it
lol. Maybe so, but if they run Jaguar now...and Panther is faster than Jaguar...
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lol, thanks. If Anyone at Apple is listening...hire me. HIRE ME NOW!!! (No leaking of things to MacRumors I promise)
Ok I've calmed down a bit, here's where I got it from;
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/st...ff/story/0002/20030811/200733041.htm&sc=rontz
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If more people actually knew how many security flaws there were in Windows on their PCs, I seriously doubt they'd be that against looking at a Mac...it's just insane...
Unfortunately, that's not true. Windows users take it all with the flow. It's expected.
I'm surprised anyone really cared about that Slammer blurb in the .sig (no offense to the person who has it in their .sig), but amongst Windows folks that was fairly common knowledge. Again, it just goes along with running Windows -- security updates and patches are expected.
Everyone knows it's a problem. Windows admins and users make fun of it, think it sucks, but that doesn't stop them from installing the next Windows release.
I'm not sure if you're aware, but there's a much larger security flaw in Windows right now that makes Slammer pale in comparison, and it effects every version of Windows after Windows 95 (except for ME). Here where I work, they're busy patching the 600 or so Windows servers because of it. The UNIX servers sitting right next to them are unaffected, so is my Mac OS X laptop.
That won't stop them from evaluating Windows 2003 Server, nor will it prevent them from looking at implementing Windows on more servers. It also won't stop the project that's trying to convert the UNIX servers to Windows.
And it sure as heck won't make the few dozen people who are responsible for this patching start to look at alternative operating systems.
Maybe it is only because so many jobs depend on the high demands of windows. Winodws are labor intensive turning them to Mac or Unix even will mean a number of job losses.... so maybe this is an idea.
Actually a couple of years ago while at Uni the psychology department was on Macs while the rest of the uni was running PCs. The psychology department had one admin at any given time for the 150 or so macs they were running. The economics department had 2 for the 40 PCs they had and the computer science department where I took my MSc needed 1 at every lab. The same story was at a company I had a guy i knew. They had some 60 macs and only one admin... Try that with windows the guy will be begging for others lol
Actually a couple of years ago while at Uni the psychology department was on Macs while the rest of the uni was running PCs. The psychology department had one admin at any given time for the 150 or so macs they were running. The economics department had 2 for the 40 PCs they had and the computer science department where I took my MSc needed 1 at every lab. The same story was at a company I had a guy i knew. They had some 60 macs and only one admin... Try that with windows the guy will be begging for others lol
That's been one aspect of my job, determining proper platform as well as trying to determine proper admin:server ratio. It's a striking difference when you look at multiple platforms.
One company I was at had three UNIX administrators that handled 1,500 servers. At this same company there were nine Windows administrators -- they managed 300 systems.
Don't get me wrong -- believe it or not, I really do think that Windows has a place in the enterprise. One of those places is as a desktop environment. Mac OS X is looking more and more to be the perfect solution. It's just a matter of selling people on the idea.
None taken
. I just saw it while looking into the latest worm, it made me laugh and I've never had a sig, so I grabbed it.I use many Windows systems, and yes, when I run Windows Update I completely expect to see at least one critical update and a few various recommended.
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