Bonjour, Windows
One of Apple's smartest moves of the year
is to ease Windows networking.
Apple does a lot of silly things, but the latest
attempt to smooth the interaction of PCs and Macs is not one of
them.
Apple has released Bonjour, a "zero-configuration network discovery protocol", for Windows otherwise known as Zeroconf.
This is reminiscent of Microsoft's attempts to use Samba to speed the passage of its NT operating system into Unix data centres in the 90s. The result of that experiment was that network admins became enamoured of Samba, not so much NT.
Bonjour is a key technology to encourage potential switxers, especially those who buy the entry-level Mac Mini.
Apple has released Bonjour, a "zero-configuration network discovery protocol", for Windows otherwise known as Zeroconf.
This is reminiscent of Microsoft's attempts to use Samba to speed the passage of its NT operating system into Unix data centres in the 90s. The result of that experiment was that network admins became enamoured of Samba, not so much NT.
Bonjour is a key technology to encourage potential switxers, especially those who buy the entry-level Mac Mini.
Posted: Fri - May 6, 2005 at 11:59 PM
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