[texas booster]

Actually, using the Mac mini as a cheap server is a great idea for small business.

Need more power? Then buy a Mac Pro and have more power in a small container than I ever has when I used to build 400 seat call centers using Mac Server before 2000. (No, I wasn't the Mac Server guru, so I accept criticism that I know nothing).

Was Mac software perfect? Nope. One of our team members had to rewrite the Apple UDP stacks, and push Apple to admit he was correct.

Still, one or two Mac Minis would easily power fwdude’s server requirements. Storage can be added, the Mac software seems easier than comparable Linux server software. And it costs $20.00!

Will the software ever tempt BoA or Facebook to radically change their server and storage strategy? Never, it's the wrong solution for them.

For the millions of small businesses that pay a small fortune to keep Server 20xx up to date and safe across a network, it looks like a great solution.

[Yosemitest]

Thank you.
It's nice to hear from someone that actually knows the differences between several Operating Systems.
Security, from what little I know from a very close friend who worked 6 years USAF Tech Control, and about 25 years Security systems with bank vaults, fire alarm systems, and money drop tubes, as well as hotels security systems, is more about SOFTWARE than it is about HARDWARE.
But occasionally some pieces of hardware and NEWER TECHNOLOGY ... DOES make a difference.

[tacticalogic]

Actually, using the Mac mini as a cheap server is a great idea for small business.

Would you build an enterprise data center out of them?