Rendezvous for Windows
Apple released a developer's preview of Rendezvous Networking for Windows 2000 & XP at wwdc 04.
Also released was support for various POSIX platforms, including Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD, as well as making it callable from Java. Prior to wwdc, Rendezvous support was only available in Mac OS X.
This preview release includes full link-local support, allowing Windows machines to discover advertised HTTP and FTP servers using Internet Explorer. It also includes a printer setup wizard which allows Windows machines to print to Rendezvous networked printers, including USB shared printers connected to the AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express Base Stations. With the included Rendezvous SDK, Windows and Java developers can begin the process of adding Rendezvous service discovery to their applications
Also released was support for various POSIX platforms, including Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD, as well as making it callable from Java. Prior to wwdc, Rendezvous support was only available in Mac OS X.
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100 months ago
Category: Apple Software
Link: Apple releases Rendezvous for Windows 2000 & XP
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Link: Apple releases Rendezvous for Windows 2000 & XP
Posted on MacBytes.com
Approved by Mudbug
100 months ago
Ah, the assimilation continues.
Very nice. Not really "new" technology, but nice to see Apple getting it in there with "Rendezvous" name.
And I dig the Java hooks.
Very nice. Not really "new" technology, but nice to see Apple getting it in there with "Rendezvous" name.
And I dig the Java hooks.
100 months ago
good move on apple's part. soon all networkable hardware and software will use apple technology
100 months ago
Although I personally have no need for this whatsoever, I think it's good that Apple is continuing to develop applications like this... :cool:
100 months ago
Man, does Windows need this. Badly. It's such a pain in the ass to set up a local network on even two Windows XP machines - I set one up at my sister's house between three computers, two of them with wireless cards, and it routinely decides not to work. Sometimes the Internet conks out, usually the file sharing doesn't work, and sometimes ALL of it dies, requiring restarts on any machine involved.
A far cry from my easy, flawless, 2-imacs and 1 PB network at my house.
A far cry from my easy, flawless, 2-imacs and 1 PB network at my house.
100 months ago
Ah, the assimilation continues.
Very nice. Not really "new" technology, but nice to see Apple getting it in there with "Rendezvous" name.
And I dig the Java hooks.
Seems they've learned from their new-found realization that playing along with, - and creating better solutions for - the Wintel crowd, is extremely lucrative... ( Can we all say "iTunes", "iPod", & "iPod mini"... ? )
...and I don't blame them one bit.
Keep it up, Apple... You may make inroads (and BIG time deniro) YET...
100 months ago
I'm not sure how this would do anything except make the Windows experience a little better... ??
100 months ago
For the record, the first platform other than Mac OS X to support Rendezvous was the Newton. Developers built it into Escale, an app to synchronize and install software on a Newton MessagePad. And it works.
http://www.kallisys.com/newton/dcl/en
http://www.kallisys.com/newton/dcl/en
100 months ago
This is just great -- You're going to see a lot of printer manufactureres jump on this opportunity to make their printers uber-simple to use on a network. Consumer printers that hook up only to RJ45 (or 802.11 ;) ) and not USB are going to become much more common. They'll package the Rendezvous with their printer drivers, and shazam -- very simple to get the printer available to everyone on the network very easily.
AWESOME WORK, Apple. I don't scream that often, but this is great.
AWESOME WORK, Apple. I don't scream that often, but this is great.
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