Re:macOS 11 Virtualization Framework to Run Linux in a VM
by amluto on Thursday July 23, 2020 @04:12PM
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IIRC the old macOS server had atrocious performance. Building a product that can compete with Linux or FreeBSD for general server workloads is a lot of work. Apple could do it, but the investment might be hard to justify.
There’s also an issue of margins. Apple sells attractive hardware and provides a software ecosystem, and they charge high margins for it. Big server users use a large numbers of servers, and they want a lot of bang for their buck. This is not a game that Apple has historically played very well, nor do I see why they would want to.
There’s also an issue of margins. Apple sells attractive hardware and provides a software ecosystem, and they charge high margins for it. Big server users use a large numbers of servers, and they want a lot of bang for their buck. This is not a game that Apple has historically played very well, nor do I see why they would want to.