● 11.05.10

●● Apple Surrenders to GNU/Linux in the Servers Market (XServe is Dead)

Posted in Apple, GNU/Linux, Servers, UNIX at 3:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: The overpriced UNIX-like operating system from Apple cannot compete with rising stars like GNU/Linux, so Apple calls the whole thing off

IN THE SERVER ROOM, the workload counts. Where it’s all about performance, heavy and overly expensive machinery whose looks nobody would care about (it’s in the back room after all), Apple is a non-starter and indeed, the avalanche of dead Apple products may start to arrive (it began a while ago but we had not kept track). Say goodbye to Xserve:

Apple has announced it will discontinue Xserve from 31 January, saying it will “transition away” from the line of server solutions.A document has been posted on the resources section of its site, stating it will not create a future version of the Xserve line and will stop selling it from January.

An Apple enthusiasts’ site (“Cult of Mac”) cannot quite put lipstick on this pig. There’s no good excuse that we could find coming from Apple and its fanbase.

If you’re a network administrator in love with the svelte, stackable design of Apple’s Xserve line, you’d better stock up: Apple has announced that they will be discontinuing the Xserve line starting January 31st, 2011.

We are stating a wiki to track products/divisions Apple shuts down from now it. It will help keep track. █

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