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Definitely targeted at the enterprise, but it's entirely possible to provision and operate a single instance without any kind of enterprise-level agreement.

AJRF 10y ago
Was there any work done around OS X support or are there licensing issues there / not enough support from Enterprise?
- commandshift90 10y ago
  OS X licensing for off-prem machines is a tricky thing, and the technology being used for streaming complicates it further, if I recall.
  - AJRF 10y ago
    Thanks for answering! Other providers for OS X solutions are super dodgy / shutdown / involve time sharing (no imaging, you store everything into a personal Dropbox). I ask about OS X support as the requirement for OS X to run Xcode kills a lot of iOS development workshops as the cost is to high / device availability is low. Thanks again for taking the time to answer.
    - josefdlange 10y ago
      As a (primarily) iOS developer by trade, I feel your pain. There are colocation operations that seem to do well. They involve racks and racks of Mac minis hanging out in a datacenter somewhere -- since it's Apple hardware, it's totally acceptable within OS X licensing terms. It costs more, of course, but it might be a valuable investment to an operation that relies on a volume of machines to be available and shareable while staving off concerns about wear and tear. The standard, and original, is: https://macminicolo.net https://macminicolo.net I'm sure there are others.
      - AJRF 10y ago
        Awesome thank you!
        bgaid 10y ago
        I'm with MacStadium and we just acquired Macminicolo. Let me know if you have any questions. We've got large enterprise customers, developer shops, and popular SaaS tools like Travis CI using our dedicated rented Mac servers and Mac private cloud platform.
    - math0ne 10y ago
      I don't believe there is anything like RDP built into OSX, so I don't forsee anything like this for apple any time soon.
      - angrow 10y ago
        There is. The feature is called "Screen Sharing."
      - bgaid 10y ago
        Apple's included screen sharing tool is a Mac-specific solution. At MacStadium, we provide iRAAP server on our dedicated Mac servers for customers connecting from Windows computers; it allows for RDP access to the remote Mac.

AJRF 10y ago

Was there any work done around OS X support or are there licensing issues there / not enough support from Enterprise?

commandshift90 10y ago
OS X licensing for off-prem machines is a tricky thing, and the technology being used for streaming complicates it further, if I recall.
- AJRF 10y ago
  Thanks for answering! Other providers for OS X solutions are super dodgy / shutdown / involve time sharing (no imaging, you store everything into a personal Dropbox). I ask about OS X support as the requirement for OS X to run Xcode kills a lot of iOS development workshops as the cost is to high / device availability is low. Thanks again for taking the time to answer.
  - josefdlange 10y ago
    As a (primarily) iOS developer by trade, I feel your pain. There are colocation operations that seem to do well. They involve racks and racks of Mac minis hanging out in a datacenter somewhere -- since it's Apple hardware, it's totally acceptable within OS X licensing terms. It costs more, of course, but it might be a valuable investment to an operation that relies on a volume of machines to be available and shareable while staving off concerns about wear and tear. The standard, and original, is: https://macminicolo.net https://macminicolo.net I'm sure there are others.
    - AJRF 10y ago
      Awesome thank you!
      - bgaid 10y ago
        I'm with MacStadium and we just acquired Macminicolo. Let me know if you have any questions. We've got large enterprise customers, developer shops, and popular SaaS tools like Travis CI using our dedicated rented Mac servers and Mac private cloud platform.
  - math0ne 10y ago
    I don't believe there is anything like RDP built into OSX, so I don't forsee anything like this for apple any time soon.
    - angrow 10y ago
      There is. The feature is called "Screen Sharing."
    - bgaid 10y ago
      Apple's included screen sharing tool is a Mac-specific solution. At MacStadium, we provide iRAAP server on our dedicated Mac servers for customers connecting from Windows computers; it allows for RDP access to the remote Mac.