Counterpoint; Apple is still just as greedy as they were when Xserve failed the first time. Cloud customers want good prices and well-supported hardware. On th

Counterpoint; Apple is still just as greedy as they were when Xserve failed the first time. Cloud customers want good prices and well-supported hardware. On the server, Mac is neither of those really. Apple's hardware pricing would need a complete revision to stay competitive, and their software policy would need to open up even more to enable better API coverage, proper virtualization and compelling hardware compatibility. Even if Apple did that, it would merely be enough to keep MacOS a second-class citizen in the world of server OSes. The existence of OpenBSD and Linux almost obsoletes any real-world application of a licensed server OS. Apple can go back into the server business if they want, but the server business isn't begging for more overhead or grudge matches between vendors. Apple cannot turn the server industry into a trillion-dollar opportunity without reversing policy entirely, on both the hardware and software side of things.