Submitted by “2005 will be remembered for the emergence of multicore CPUs, the rise of enterprise x86, and even the quiet realization in datacenters throughout the land that CPU virtualization works wonders. But these weren’t the only technologies making waves. The year also brought important – if perhaps more subtle – progress to nearly the entire IT landscape. InfoWorld followed the action, analyzing the advances and lifting the hood on the latest innovations. What will be the most meaningful developments in 2006? What were the best products of 2005?”
“the next big thing is the one that makes the last big thing usable” ~ Blake Ross
It’s two thousand and ruddy six and still the main web browser doesn’t support background-attachment: CSS1 fully.
DRM is creeping in from various directions
Processors are getting faster but not smarter, software is getting fatter and more bloated, PCs are getting so innefficient that you need a GPU 10 times the power of a PS2 just to get the same level of graphics.
A government has to battle to the death just to want to use an open format that ensures document archives capable of lasting forever.
Maybe in 2006 someone will discover some common sense.
What’s so good about MS SQL Server 2005 besides being “ambitious”?
That seems rather bold, what were the criteria? Or was OS X Server 10.4 the only big label server OS released this year?
I don’t want this to be trollish, seriously, but this one seems strange. Hasn’t the Mach kernel been shown to be better optimized for desktop use and not multi-threaded server use? I won’t begrudge the OS X being the best client OS, there’s certainly merit there compared to competitive offerings, and I won’t even begrudge the Quad G5 being best workstation, there’s merit there (after all, it “comes with the magic of OS X”, right?), but does this really traslate equally well to a server environment?
I dunno, I’m not a server admin so I’m willing to admit I may be missing out on some of OS X server’s unique strengths, but it just seems odd to me. I’m not saying the award should automatically go to whatever the full-fledged Unix or Linux flavor of the month is because it’s a server environment, but at the same time I’ve never read credible reports (as in not originating from Mac-oriented sources) citing OS X clear-cut advantages in the server space.
Am I missing something? Does it belong there? Really, I’m not looking for flames, but I’m just surprised to see OS X listed there, and am looking for legitimate insight one way or the other.
Am I missing something? Does it belong there? Really, I’m not looking for flames, but I’m just surprised to see OS X listed there, and am looking for legitimate insight one way or the other.
I agree. There have been a few benchmarks, and they all proved beyond doubt that OS X Server isn’t made for tough server duties… I was also surprised to see it as best server OS, I would’ve epxected a Linux or BSD solution there.
snip….the rise of enterprise x86, /snip..
Um x86 has been in the enterprise for over a decade do you mean 64-bit x86?
I agree. There have been a few benchmarks, and they all proved beyond doubt that OS X Server isn’t made for tough server duties… I was also surprised to see it as best server OS, I would’ve epxected a Linux or BSD solution there.
One has to define “best” as most useful? or the most coolness factor. Best would be Win2003 server for overall usability with Mac OS server winning coolness and Linux/BSD for most inovative.
“I agree. There have been a few benchmarks, and they all proved beyond doubt that OS X Server isn’t made for tough server duties”
It *was* made for tough server duties, but it merely requires more work before it’s a true contender. Heh, yeah semantics, and just me nitpicking again ;^)
“I was also surprised to see it as best server OS, I would’ve epxected a Linux or BSD solution there.”
As much as I am not a fan of Linux in general, I was a bit suprised at this as well…
Best Server Operating System
Mac OS X Server v10.4
A powerful, extensible Unix server with a uniquely robust set of standard features
Best Client Operating System
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
A rich and friendly desktop OS built with professional users in mind
I glad a BSD based OS won.