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Thu, 29 Aug 2002
Rendezvous going Open Source
Apple Computer Inc. has announced that it will release the source code for Rendezvous to the open source community in early September. Rendezvous is Apple's implementation of the ZeroConf standard documented by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the group responsible for defining Internet standards.
The technology, which is built Mac OS X 10.2, can be used to simplify network printing, file sharing and other communications tasks. Apple uses Rendezvous iChat to allow people to see a list of other people on their local computer network who they might want to chat with. Apple has also pledged to add the technology by early next year to iTunes, which will allow Mac owners to stream music files stored on other Macs on the same network (which will fit in very nicely with the idea of an all-Mac networked home).
By releasing the code to the open-source community, Apple is hoping that the technology will find its way into other peripherals and devices, thereby making Rendezvous-equipped Macs more useful
First documented in the late 1990s by the IETF and sponsored by Apple, Rendezvous is a zero configuration technology that brings together Internet IP standards and LAN networks. Using Rendezvous, devices such as printers can be seen on a network with no setup from the end user.
Rendezvous, Darwin 6.0, and OpenDirectory (including LDAPv3 support) will be available from Apple's open source Web site in early September.
More information about Rendezvous is available here.
The Mac Home
From Herbie Hancock's Interview:
"Something else needs to happen for the computer to become the center of the living room," he adds. “I think things like the Xserve will give you the possibility of having your server in the stereo component rack. All of the sudden, you could have your server streaming audio and video, making it possible to pipe audio and video through the whole house. That’s how I see people configuring a computer into the entertainment system in the future.
I think Apple is closer to the wired home than anyone else, and a home server would be a logical next step.
A home version of the XServe would act as an Airport base station & router for your cable modem or DSL service, a stereo & video component, a file server, and will manage user accounts on all of your other Macs using Netinfo, and provide file synchronization services for all of your Macs, PDAs, iPods, and other devices.
All of this can be done now with existing software & components. Apple just needs to put it all together in a nice package. This is what the "hub of your digital lifestyle" should be.
Apple interview with Herbie Hancock
Since he pioneered Jazz/Fusion with his 1973 album Headhunters, Herbie has always used the latest technology while remaining true to his jazz roots. He was also an early Apple user from the days of the Apple II and Lisa.
His new album, "The Future 2 Future" is Hancock’s first visit to the genres of house music, acid jazz and trip hop ambient music and reinterpreting that music with the assistance of producer Bill Laswell.
“Music happens to be an art form that transcends language,” says the award-winning pianist, composer, producer, performer and constant pioneer of new music technology. “In many ways, musicians have been using the arts to improve cultural and political relationships throughout the world and to help dissolve the boundaries that divide the various peoples of the planet.
“When synthesizers came along, it was the first time I thought that the two things I loved, which were science and music, could be put together,” says Hancock. “So, with digital technology, I was the first one out of the gate, trying to put things together that weren’t made to be put together.”
More than 40 years after first being discovered, Hancock still strives to catch his listeners off guard and expand the vision of what music is all about. His most recent adventure was to give his audiences a surround-sound concert experience, running a Mac network of virtual instruments.
His studio equipment includes 12 Macs, ranging from Power Macs, iBooks, PowerBooks and iMacs.
You can read the full interview here.