On Nov 4, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Lawrence Sica wrote:
> 
> It's par for the course though,  they don't allow virtualizing any os on 
> non-apple hardware.

Yes I know and it's retarded if you're going to be taken seriously by serious 
people. They saw that writing on the wall and simply got out of server 
altogether.

>  This has nothing to do with enterprise vs consumer.  Apple has a built-in 
> aversion to running their OS on non-apple gear stemming from how horribly 
> they were hurt by clones.

That's ridiculous. Clones were siphoning hardware sales. That is not what a 
license to virtualize would do because Apple isn't selling such hardware 
anymore. It would simply let people who have made a major investment in Mac OS 
X Server solutions migrate to new hardware, while consolidating systems.

> I think a more likely scenario is Apple is focusing on home users across the 
> board.  This makes a bit of sense as well from their standpoint.   The 
> problem is the market wants them to do X and Apple has limited interest.   I 
> suspect they'd prefer just to worry about the client side if they could.

Yes obviously. That was apparent 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years ago and 
why no one really should have taken their entry into enterprise even remotely 
seriously. It was guaranteed from inception they'd abandon that market, and 
abruptly, without a means for smooth migration compatible with how that market 
would prefer to migrate. Instead Apple comes up with a document from the 
lunatic asylum as if this market would actually use a 10 foot deep pile of Mac 
minis, or 13U towers in racks.

It's not as much Apple is stupid, as it is they think their consumers are 
stupid and will just accept moronic advice because it has an Apple logo on it.


Chris Murphy
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