Erik Ableson emitted a stream of electrons translating into this: > From a purely functional standpoint regarding internet standard > services - not much. > > From an enterprise management standpoint - quite a bit. The NetInfo > integration with the ability to build hierarchical authentication and > authorization structures encompassing multiple regions of authority, > LDAP integration, password server, netboot capabilities etc are really > very cool. Assuming that you need them. > > Cheers, > > Erik For these needful things you'll need an Xserve, I suppose? Otherwise how do you ensure operational stability, hardware monitoring, mass storage redundancy? ;)