Comments on: Abandonment Issues http://systemsboy.com/2008/11/abandonment-issues.html Big, Honkin' Systems Stuff Sat, 19 May 2012 21:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: systemsboy http://systemsboy.com/2008/11/abandonment-issues.html/comment-page-1#comment-1003 systemsboy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:47:08 +0000 http://systemsboy.com/?p=839#comment-1003 I'm sure you're right, and I don't really sit around and worry all that much about it. But Apple does have a history of abandonware. And, I believe, there was a time in the past when Apple did not use their own hardware and software for their own network servers. So there is an argument to be made that if server-side stuff — or anything else for that matter — stopped being profitable, Apple might stop selling it. Actually, I think it's more likely Apple makes server software and gear to make inroads for their workstations in corporate environments, and I suspect that that's been a useful strategy for them. I hope it continues to be. -systemsboy I’m sure you’re right, and I don’t really sit around and worry all that much about it.

But Apple does have a history of abandonware. And, I believe, there was a time in the past when Apple did not use their own hardware and software for their own network servers. So there is an argument to be made that if server-side stuff — or anything else for that matter — stopped being profitable, Apple might stop selling it.

Actually, I think it’s more likely Apple makes server software and gear to make inroads for their workstations in corporate environments, and I suspect that that’s been a useful strategy for them. I hope it continues to be.

-systemsboy

]]> By: Peter da Silva http://systemsboy.com/2008/11/abandonment-issues.html/comment-page-1#comment-1002 Peter da Silva Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:03:18 +0000 http://systemsboy.com/?p=839#comment-1002 I don't see Apple killing the XServe or OS X Server. After all, APple is not going to run their own network on Linux or Windows servers, so a lot of the cost of development and maintenance of Server is something they have to pay for anyway, and maintaining it at product quality benefits their own internal network. And, they need to run it on something. They need to either rack Powermacs, or rack 1U servers of some kind, and as long as the economics make 1U servers attractive they're going to want to benefit from that too. I don’t see Apple killing the XServe or OS X Server. After all, APple is not going to run their own network on Linux or Windows servers, so a lot of the cost of development and maintenance of Server is something they have to pay for anyway, and maintaining it at product quality benefits their own internal network.

And, they need to run it on something. They need to either rack Powermacs, or rack 1U servers of some kind, and as long as the economics make 1U servers attractive they’re going to want to benefit from that too.

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