I don't see this as a bad thing. The Xserve never sold well compared to the PowerMac G5, Mac Pro, the Mac Mini server and servers like IBM's Blade servers.It sold to a small market because it was not a large website server but it wasn't a small file server. Apple will probably release a newer updated version (remember when Steve Jobs said he wanted all the Macs to have the name Mac in them?)
On Nov 8, 7:09 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 12:08 AM +0000 11/9/2010, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/apple-xserve-is-gone-is-os-x-server-next/4321 > > I don't agree with that article's off-the-wall speculation that Mac OS X > Server is on the chopping block. After all, aside from Apple providing > dumbed-down interfaces, the real difference between the two OS releases is > basically added open-source stuff. As far as Apple's killing the XServe > hardware, well, that's pretty much the nail in the coffin wrt to keeping > Macs in many businesses. The trust is waning fast. > > > > Apple's "recommendation" of using Mac Mini or Mac Pro are ok if you just need > a one-off server for a small business and don't care about serious > hardware/server features. > > > > But for anything else, especially the enterprise? It's insulting! Replacing > a 1U blade with a 6U that has NO hardware server features - no monitoring, no > redundant power supply, and no hot swappable anything ???!!! That just > doesn't even come close to cutting it. (Yes, some components in Mac Pro are > supposed to be hot swappable - but they're *not* when it's in an equipment > rack, where you have to shut it down, remove it from the rack, open it, then > play with the hardware...). > > > > I saw today that Jobs gave one his crapo terse email replies, to the effect > that the XServe just wasn't selling well. HA! Each time my clients have > wanted them over the past few years, they've had to wait more than 30 days to > get 'em! Yea, that's a great way to sell product - have none available. > That way only the customers that really really really really want 'em will > stick around. Dude, you got a Dell! > > > > My clients are budgeted to upgrade their grids in 7 or 8 months. Since there > will be no Mac hardware appropriate... we're now starting the conversion off > Mac OS X to FreeBSD, so we'll be able to switch to non-Mac blades easily. > > > > Looks like Dell is working with ARM; good potential there for some multi-core > Cortex based blades! The new ARM processors will reportedly do 40-bit > addressing too. Or maybe we'll go POWER. I donno; haven't really started > looking yet. > > > > - Dan. > > --- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
