> From: Michael <[email protected]> > > It looks like there is a way to spin up a VM of OSX: > http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~somlo/OSXKVM/ > I didn't fully read that though :-)
Afaik, running OSX on non-Apple hardware (no matter if native or as a VM guest) is still an EULA violation and not really recommended... ;) > From: Bernhard Posselt <[email protected]> > > My personal opinion is that you should not use MacOS as a server OS. Why > not take any Linux distribution which is basically just a flavor of > MacOS and use that to run ownCloud? Sure, an additional Linux environment (eg. on a free Virtual Box VM) is possible anytime anyway - but it needs additional resources etc. Being able to set it up within a pure-MacOS environment just would be more lean and clean... But I agree with you that if there is no chance to reliably supporting MacOS on the server side, it'll be better to draw the curtain over it… - > I think for MacOS support we'd need to find a developer who is willing > to support it and since MacOS is very expensive (you have to buy the > overprized hardware too) I doubt that there are a lot of ownCloud devs > who are willing to do this. Yep - Mac Hardware isn't cheap. But worth every cent… :-): Macs indeed have the image of being overpriced, but I personally have made opposed experiences multiple times! Best value for the money you still get with the iMac; the MacOS and dev tools come "out of the box" at no extra cost. Ttaking into account quality and furnishing as well, an iMac is absolutely competitive. I believe a Mac can definitely be an economic base for a developer, even in a multi OS environment: On the Mac, you get (free) VM and/or multi-boot facilities as well, so you can set up multiple Linux, Windows etc. guest machines on the Mac Hardware; Macs have an exemplary energy efficiency (so they amortize just by energy cost :) ), and finally they have a very stable value: I never sold my old Macs for less than 50% of the initial cost (after 3-4 years - a period where you'd carry a "normal" PC hardware to the recycling station)... Cheers, Renato > On 09/26/2013 08:32 PM, RGR wrote: >> Hi, >> >> on the ownCloud 6 main features' list, I'm heavily missing the > reintroduction of the OSX Server Support: >> >> It's a pity that you have (understandably) been forced to temporarily > de-supporting OSX as a server platform, >> but I strongly believe it is very important to work on this issue >> >> not least because of the users' creditability in the excellence of > the development team: >> >> Everyone knows that OSX finally is "only a Unix dialect" with any > required components (Apache, PHP etc.) being shipped "out of the OSX box", >> so will be difficult to continuously justifying that it's the fault of > OSX (and its strange unicode handling)? >> >> I would really like to supporting to findi a solution or at least > workaround, >> but unfortunately, I'm not experienced enough in PHP, Unicode etc. --- > if there's anything I could contribute in terms of "basic research", pls > let me know... >> >> >> (Besides that, I'm running an OSX Server for other purposes and would > really love to being able again >> to implementing an ownCloud instance there without ballasting it with > a Linux VM!) >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Renato _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
