>Apple's open source project Darwin supposedly contains
>real Appletalk code. I don't know exactly how the
>netatalk implementations were designed but Darwin must
>be able to assist with development. After all, Apple
>should know what they are doing.
Adrian Sun is apparently looking at porting to OS X Server (and,
therefore, Darwin). Apple's AppleTalk stack seems pretty good,
although it is unclear to me whether it is a part of the kernel.
After all, it is invoked from the command line (/usr/sbin/appletalk).
I may be wrong, though.
>If I'm wrong, please let me know, as I've only been
>acquainted with netatalk for about 6months.
If Darwin's AFP server is the same one that OS X uses then it, to put
not too fine a point on it, sucks. Hard. Netatalk is far more
elegant and easily configured. I wish I'd just bought an extra
FreeBSD box these days. Sigh.
`Jonathan.
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The G4 is an example of a tool that works and exhibits strong design
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