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ExtremeZ-IP

Adds AppleShare to Windows file servers.

Version: 6.0.3

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Not cheap but worth it

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Contributed by: Bryan Schappel Wednesday, July 21 2004 @ 01:49 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 1-6 months

Recommend Product: YES

If you have a number of OS X users that need to access Windows servers this solution can't be beat. Microsoft's SFM does not fully support OS X and it NEVER will. EZIP allows for long file and folder names and works correctly with InDesign/InCopy CS lock files. SFM does not.

Since EZIP caches the directory info in RAM (on the server) Finder searches are blazingly fast.

Yes, I feel the price is high. I understand that fully implementing AFP is a tough job. It's hard to justify this product as it easily can cost more than Windows 2003 Server and the Windows server box itself. If you need 100% OS X compatibility, as I do, on Windows this is the best game in town.

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Not cheap but worth it - Rorr

I tryed ADmit Mac to avoid problems with Windows 2003 clustered server and InDesign/InCopy 2.0 environment, without SFM.
It works well but it isn't a standard and the support for this application isn't guaranteed. For example woodwing SmartConnection 2.0 with MacOs 10.3.5.

So I have to try a standard environment: do you think that ExtremeZ is a standard?

Thanks

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Monday, October 11 2004 @ 04:55 AM PDT