Information on the stability, or lack thereof, of Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) Server seems to be a bit scarce. One reason for this is probably that experienced system administrators will wait a few months, until the initial bugs are discovered and patched, before deploying a new operating system — any new operating system. This is just good practice.

Good practice never gets in the way of those with little to no experience in system administration though. To help that crowd enter a world of pain, Apple promotes their new server product with alluring proclamations like:

If you think it takes a dedicated IT department to deploy and use a server, think again. Leopard Server is designed so you can easily set up and manage servers.

Don’t let this fool you. Mac OSX Server is a real UNIX server, and its services and configuration options are sophisticated and complex.

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