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Should also ask about Lion Server
How about a separate poll asking the following 2 questions:
More polls would be great
I agree about having another poll, and more frequent polls in general. It would definitely help the readers get an idea of what the readership here is interested in, and promote general discussion.
Should also ask about Lion Server
On a tangent to this: Has anyone figured out for sure what the true pricing of Lion Server is going to be? The internets are full of a complete mess of opinions... The official Lion Server page explicitly states you need a copy of Snow Leopard Server first (which would mean spending $500 on that first, if you don't have it already), but a number of other sources have claimed you just need plain Snow Leopard.
Should also ask about Lion Server
The page you linked to is all about upgrading. The reports I'd heard up to WWDC indicated that the server features would be free with Lion. After WWDC, and announced there, this changed to Lion Server being a $49.99 add-on to Lion. The server page indicates this as well.
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Should also ask about Lion Server
Yeah, except that it's a little odd that there isn't any mention anywhere on apple.com of how to buy it without upgrading, which is sort of implying that that's the only path you can take. Indeed, the page I linked is simply called "How to Buy".
Should also ask about Lion Server
I haven't looked at that page, but I can say with certainty you will be able to get Lion Server without Snow Leopard server by buying Lion from the App Store, and then buying the Lion Server "add-on app" afterwards.
Should also ask about Lion Server
Looking at the How-to-Buy page, I get the impression that because it is aimed at Server users, it is simply worded as such. The statement "You’ll need Snow Leopard Server v10.6.6 or later to purchase Lion and Lion Server" seems only to mean that you need the 10.6.6 update before upgrading, hence the prompt in Step 2 to run Software Update. Otherwise they would explicitly state that you need to purchase SLS first, which they don't. Step 3 implies that you simply purchase Lion and Lion Server from the App Store, just as you would if you were a Snow Leopard Client user.
I do agree that the page above is somewhat confusing and am not surprised at your concern, but would be willing to bet that a Lion and Lion Server purchase is all that is required to run Server 10.7, regardless of what you're running now. |
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