Blade Watch

http://www.linux-mag.com/launchpad/linuxonblades/main/4431

I’ve often wondered why Apple maintains a server OS and product line. From what I can see, they don’t seem at all serious about the server market.

Just because I’m a Linux guy, it doesn’t mean that I don’t find other operating systems interesting. First and foremost, I’m a geek, and I always want to try out the new shiny. I particularly like to pay attention to what other *nix OSes have going on, and the features that will make life as a system administrator easier.

With the release of Leopard a few weeks ago, I was moved to peruse the features you could find in Leopard server. While I haven’t had the chance to get any hands-on time with Leopard server, the feature list looks interesting — particularly for SMBs that might not want to try to hire an admin.

But, looking at Apple’s product line and server features, I have to ask myself if these folks are really serious about competing in the server space.

Check out this article talking about Apple’s server line. It raises some valid points about the Apple server line. We’ll have to see how they evolve their business line and their server platforms. At the moment they aren’t quite in leagues with IBM or HP, but then I wouldn’t compare them in that light. It would be good to see them though entering the enterprise more, their servers might be great for certain functions, for those cross platform/cross function infrastructure systems?

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