> anyone actually tied to OS X as a server platform? Yes, if you make software that runs on OS X (or iOS and you want to test on iOS Simulators) you need OS X

> anyone actually tied to OS X as a server platform? Yes, if you make software that runs on OS X (or iOS and you want to test on iOS Simulators) you need OS X machines for your build and test process. You need lots of machines so you and your fellow developers can run speed things up and run tests in parallel.