Re:The Server At Peak X86
by protomyth on Monday September 19, 2016 @10:01AM
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Why would I as a buyer trust Apple in the server space? They've already withdrawn once and they cannot even keep pace at the workstation level (Mac Pro).
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Before the Xserve there was the Apple Network Server https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Network_Server
I supposed we can A/UX to the list. So, its A/UX -> AIX -> OS X Server. I do admit an iOS Server would be an interesting product. I guess it would be all containers all the time.
(The chronology of Apple *nix is correct, but they are very different products. A/UX for 68k. AIX for PowerPC is an IBM OS. And OS X from NextStep.)
Yep, which I think is the point of trusting Apple in the server segment. That they are all different adds to the point.
It's not about trusting Apple. It's about recognizing that if Apple can push ARM performance to that level then other companies will eventually catch up as well, and if commodity ARM is actually competitive with commodity Intel then they have a problem.
Intel has a huge competitive advantage here in the bulk of the market, but ARM will find an opening as well. They'll probably coexist for some time.