Apple deprecates XServe

Steve is famous for telling his employees that Apple has to focus on what they do best. First Java and now the XServe. Apple must be taking inventory.

And in other news, Apple is going to ditch XServe.<p>Is there any way to condense the five duplicates of this story into one? At the moment, the top 5 slots on the HN homepage all have an "X" in the title.

This makes perfect sense. I've been wondering why they keep selling the Xserves anyway. It's not Apple's market and they can't differentiate themselves enough in the server market.

Xserve traction didn't really occur. OSX is different from both Linux and Solaris, so command line fans didn't appreciate it.<p>In terms of hardware, the decision to make proprietary drive module trays, driving up the cost of adding disks, killed any sales to those who were price sensitive.

Not surprising that they got no traction.<p>We got one 6 years ago on the theory that one could have the same desktop/laptop vs. server experience, and then ran into the cold hard reality that running server software is just plain different than desktop (GUI) software. Plus, their GUI was just scratching the surface of what one needs, and even got in the way some of the time (by clobbering command-line work).<p>Linux/Windows have won for servers (we're using Rackspace/Ubuntu now), so it's good they recognize that and move on.

Wow, this is a serious blow to all mac shops. There are tons of Xserve around. And what about the server stuff like FinalCut Studio? Mac Pro are nice machines, but they're positively huge.

This makes me wonder what Apple uses and will use in their own data centers. Will they continue to use Xserves and maintain that line for their own use?

Is 'scribd' a synonym for 'pdf' nowadays? well done, scribd ;)<p>[edit] I know what scribd is and does, I am referring to the title of this item which has [scribd] appended to it, although it links to a pdf.

My current employer has a couple of XServes running a WebObjects based webapp. This might create some headaches for us.

Are there 19" racking solutions for the Mac Pro (just on the off-chance one might want to stick one in a 19" rack)?

Apple's pdf link <a href="http://images.apple.com/xserve/pdf/L422277A_Xserve_Guide.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://images.apple.com/xserve/pdf/L422277A_Xserve_Guide.pdf</a>

It's quite logical. Apple is really better at User Experience than Enterprise level solutions. Getting rid of distractions will reinforce their main business models.

my boss literally shed a tear when he saw this