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26 Chapter 1 Mac OS X Server in Action
You can write, compile, and debug using C, C++, Objective-C, or Java. Project Builder
can be used to port command-line applications to Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server or
to enhance them with a Mac OS X user interface.
• An administrator computer, such as an iBook running Mac OS X Server administrative
applications, can be used to manage the entire network.
Creative Businesses
Mac OS X Server supports the workflow needs of creative professionals who design and
produce video and audio projects.
• The popular open-source Apache HTTP web server is built into Mac OS X Server.
• Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (or WebDAV) technology,
integrated into Mac OS X Server’s web service, lets you use a web server as an
Internet file server. Users can author and access documents over the web from
Mac OS X computers. You can use WebDAV for collaborative editing and file
management even while a website is running.
• QuickTime streaming service lets you broadcast streaming video to client computers
in real time using an industry-standard streaming protocol.
• AFP lets you transfer large files among workgroup members. On an Xserve, you can
increase the bandwidth of your file-transfer infrastructure by using jumbo frame
Ethernet packets or utilizing both built-in Ethernet interfaces.
Print service
Mac OS X Server
The Internet
Windows clients Mac OS X clients
File
services
WebDAV
services
Web and
QuickTime
streaming
services
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