“Tiger” Server Includes Support for 64-bit Applications, Weblog Server, iChat Server & Windows NT Migration Tools
IChat is dead—long live Messages. With Thursday’s announcement of Mac OS X Mountain Lion comes the news that iChat is being upgraded and renamed to Messages, with support for the iMessage chat.
WWDC 2004, SAN FRANCISCO—June 28, 2004—Apple® today previewed Mac OS® X Server version 10.4 “Tiger,” the next major release of Apple’s award-winning, UNIX-based server operating system that makes it easy to deploy popular open source solutions for Mac®, Windows and Linux clients. The fifth major release of Mac OS X Server, Tiger Server continues Apple’s blazing pace of innovation to deliver over 200 new features including native support for 64-bit applications, ideal for high performance computing; Weblog Server that makes hosting a weblog as simple as checking a box; iChat Server to deploy private, encrypted communications within an organization; and migration tools to make it easy to upgrade from legacy Windows servers to Mac OS X Server.
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- If you’re into instant messaging, iChat in OS X Lion gives you immediate access to all the other users of AIM, Jabber, Google Talk, and MobileMe. All you need are their screen names, and you’re set to go. You can even join any AOL chat room just.
- Music, TV, and podcasts take center stage. ITunes forever changed the way people.
“With more than 200 new features, Tiger Server is the best release of Mac OS X Server ever,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Tiger Server combines over 100 of the best solutions from the open source world with Apple’s legendary ease-of-use to create the easiest way to deploy powerful open source server solutions.”
For the first time, Tiger Server can natively run 64-bit processes for database, engineering and scientific applications to take advantage of the increased performance unleashed when accessing massive amounts of memory while still running side-by-side with existing 32-bit applications. Combined with Apple’s Xserve® G5 server hardware, Tiger Server offers an affordable, easy-to-manage solution for high performance computing.
Weblog Server is fully compatible with Safari RSS in Mac OS X Tiger and makes publishing a weblog as simple as checking a box in Server Admin preferences. Weblog Server is based on the popular open source project ‘Blojsom’ and is fully integrated into Tiger Server with an easy-to-use interface, Kerberos authentication support and LDAP integration. Weblog Server provides users with calendar-based navigation and customizable themes and users can post entries using the built in Web-based functionality or with weblog clients that support XML-RPC or the Atom API.
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Tiger Server includes a brand new iChat server designed for organizations that need to keep internal communication private. Organizations can define their own namespace, use SSL/TSL encryption to ensure privacy and Kerberos for authentication. Tiger Server’s iChat server works with Apple’s popular iChat conferencing software in Mac OS X Tiger and is compatible with open source Jabber clients available on Windows, Linux and popular PDAs.
Tiger Server has also been updated with tools that make migrating from Windows-based servers easy. Administrators can now migrate the user and group account information from an existing Windows Primary Domain Controller automatically into Open Directory. Tiger Server can then take over as the Primary Domain Controller for Windows clients and even host Windows users’ home directories, group folders, roaming profiles and shared printers.
- Mobile Home Directories that give mobile users the best of both worlds—access to files and preferences while on the road with the user’s home directory centrally stored and managed on the network;
- a Software Update Server that lets system administrators host their own proxy/cache server to control the availability of Apple’s software updates for Mac OS X Tiger and Tiger Server systems;
- Access Control Lists that provide a more flexible permissions model that gives administrators better control over files, folders and network services, making it easier to set up collaborative environments;
- Internet Gateway Setup Assistant to make it easy for small business and home office users to set up complex network services, including DHCP, NAT, DNS, Port Routing, Firewall and VPN services; and
- Xgrid™ 1.0, Apple’s easy-to-use clustering software is integrated into Tiger Server to make it easy for scientists and researchers to build a distributed computing cluster that supports up to 128 agents, up to 10,000 queued jobs and up to 10,000 tasks per job.
Pricing & Availability
Mac OS X Server version 10.4 “Tiger” will be available in the first half of 2005 through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apple’s retail stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for a 10-client edition and $999 (US) for an unlimited-client edition. At the time of release, current subscribers to the Apple Maintenance Program will receive Tiger Server as part of their service agreement. More information on Tiger Server can be found at https://www.apple.com/server
Mac OS X Server version 10.4 “Tiger” will be available in the first half of 2005 through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apple’s retail stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for a 10-client edition and $999 (US) for an unlimited-client edition. At the time of release, current subscribers to the Apple Maintenance Program will receive Tiger Server as part of their service agreement. More information on Tiger Server can be found at https://www.apple.com/server
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America Online and Apple Collaborate on First Seamless & Fully Compatible Instant Messaging on AOL’s Instant Messaging Network
Apple today previewed iChat, an Apple-developed AIM-compatible instant messaging client that will be included with the next major release of Mac OS X, code-named “Jaguar”, available to customers late this summer. AIM is one of the most popular instant messaging communities with more than 150 million registered users. iChat will be built into “Jaguar” and features an elegant Aqua interface, allowing seamless instant messaging between Mac.com members, AOL members and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) users. Mac users can use their existing Mac.com names with iChat or get a free Mac.com name in seconds if they don’t already have one.
“We’re very excited about bringing Mac users into the broader AOL community with the first fully compatible integration of another user base with AIM and AOL Buddy List users”, said Bob Pittman, Chief Operating Officer-elect of AOL Time Warner. “This will make it possible for Mac users to communicate within our network using their existing Mac.com identities. We look forward to working together with Apple on other innovative offerings”.
“iChat lets Mac OS X users join the best instant messaging community in the world”, said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Together with AOL, we’re making it possible for iChat users to exchange instant messages with over 150 million people, all using their Mac.com names”.
AIM, AOL Buddy List and Mac.com users can use their existing screen name or “handle”. The Mac OS X version of iChat allows users to quickly see and change their online status and communicate with buddies from the menu bar. The Mail application in Mac OS X shows online status of buddies, allowing users to instantly turn email exchanges into real-time chats. And the new system-wide Address Book manages buddy information including name, handle and photo along with the rest of their contact information.
iChat’s innovative use of Aqua delivers a great new user experience for instant messaging. iChat uses “dialogue bubbles” and buddy photos to present instant messages in a graphically conversational manner. iChat invitations pop on the screen in a simple and non-intrusive way using transparency and animation effects. iChat users can also automatically discover and chat with other iChat users on their local Ethernet or AirPort networks.
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