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Apple discontinued OSX Server because almost no one used it and it had very little value add. But also because they had discontinued any server hardware with th
by samwillis 4y ago
Apple discontinued OSX Server because almost no one used it and it had very little value add. But also because they had discontinued any server hardware with the end of the XServe line.
XServe was discontinued because they could not compete in a crowded market selling commodity Intel based servers.
All of that has changed with Apple silicone, they are in a unique situation where they can compete by producing world class hardware no one else has access too with silicone processes that they have exclusive rights too.
- Mikeb85 4y agoAmazon already has ARM servers in production. Plus, as we've all just mentioned, Apple has no server offering.
- maxbond 4y agoPresumably they have a server distribution for their own use though, presumably they're doing lots of automated testing. And then there's iCloud, I don't know if that's just a bunch of Linux boxes but it might be MacOS boxes.