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Mac OS X 10.4 Workstation Evaluation Shortlist
Microsofts Windows XP Professional While less innovative, Windows XP offers many more hardware and software options than does Tiger (www.microsoft.com)
Novell Inc.s SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 SuSE runs on more hardware than Windows or Mac OS, and SuSE ships with the best of what the open-source software community has to offer (www.novell.com/suse)
Mac OS X 10.4 Server Evaluation Shortlist
Microsofts Windows Server 2003 Also offers easy-to-use administration tools but with wider support for both proprietary and open-source software (www.microsoft.com)
Novells SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and Red Hat Inc.s Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 These enterprise Linux distributions offer much wider hardware compatibility than the server edition of Tiger, but they dont match the smoothness and integration of Tigers graphical management tools (www.novell.com and www.redhat.com)
Sun Microsystems Inc.s Solaris 10 Doesnt match the slickness of Tiger servers interface but does provide more hardware options and server-focused technologies, such as DTrace and Containers (www.sun.com)
Senior Analyst Jason Brooks can be reached at jason_brooks@ziffdavis.com.
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Microsofts Windows Server 2003 Also offers easy-to-use administration tools but with wider support for both proprietary and open-source software (www.microsoft.com)
Check out eWEEK.coms for the latest news, reviews and analysis on Apple in the enterprise. 
