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Quote: Originally Posted by AaronJ Well, I don't see that Xserve, or the environments that you are talking about, are worth Apple's expenditure of resources. You are basically saying, "Look, guys, I know this doesn't make any money for you. A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AaronJ Isn't Apple a for-profit business? Or are my shares that have increased over 2000% not actually worth real money? Given that, what percentage of Apple's revenues and profits do you (critics of the move and n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by veblen I also understand the frustrations of folks who make their living supporting Xserve servers. It would be horrible to have sold management on apple server products and then have the rack mountable server pulled. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I was able to find a solution in minutes -- have tested it with no problems... But, then, I am not a server expert! . Fabulous! - would you care to share? Please don't say "Start up Automaticall…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Not Unlike Myself Thousands of them already do. 75% of oracle installs. Approaching 30% of exchange. 20 % of ticketing systems. Where have you been? Clouds are everywhere. Hosted is everywhere. Am I talking to a 50 y/…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox You seem to be intent on making the case for knowledgable computer technicians being knowledgeable. I don't see where that has much to do with making the case for demanding Apple devote resources to a market…
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Just had a thought - preface your post with "CL" if you've: a) more than 8 TB of storage b) know what 19" means c) used a LOM d) ever actually touched an Xserve
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Quote: Originally Posted by Not Unlike Myself If none of you work for a provider.. (which it would seem none of you do) then I can see how nobody is fully explaining this. The hardware they make (or buy) will never be visible to end users again. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970 I sense a strong bit of sarcasm in that post. I believe the "bunch of fucking lunatics" he's referring to are the bulk of posters in this thread who have gone all Chicken Little on this news. I might be reading …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Of course I do. Now, please explain why you can't manage a Mini remotely. Try turning it on, for a start. You'll be quite a while.
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Quote: Originally Posted by penchanted In other words, Apple has done these enterprise customers a favor by removing from the market an undersupported product that suffered from a persistent lack of a consistent and stable effort on Apple's part.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970 Every disapproving comment on this decision by Apple seems to carry the unspoken assumption that Apple had/has a very large number of customers using, buying and asking for this product. I suspect this assumptio…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Apple + very modest installed user base of Xserves: robust, forward looking computer company of serious adults with a legitimate toe-hold in the enterprise and track record of excellent customer service. Ap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Onhka Where the hell have you and the rest of the idiots been. Apple announced their new Mac Pro Server early this morning. http://www.apple.com/xserve/ And even AppleInsider published the story at 9:40 AM: App…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Frankly It looks like half the people in this thread feel so damn special that they think they have the right to demand whatever sort of hardware they could want from Apple. Makes you wonder if they are all …
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Quote: Originally Posted by DimMok Who needs servers when the Cloud thingy is coming. Truly astounding density. What is that cloud made of, anyway?
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Quote: Originally Posted by theolein The lights-out management, the dual power supplies perhaps? Let me guess, you don't know what lights-out management is, do you? Oh man. RAID 0 and RAID 1 are for end users, not for data centers. Most data…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Yeah! The cowards! How dare they pick and choose what markets they compete in! I have no problem with Apple choosing what markets to compete in. I do have a problem as a strong supporter of enterprise Appl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Yes... and because of it they are doing so poorly. Best you give them a call to make them aware of their failures. Yes, they are doing poorly, in the enterprise market. They are evidently aware of it, …
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Mein Gott. This is laughable. It appears Apple has completely given up all hope of enterprise/datacenter inroads, and is strictly going for the SMB market with the MMS and MPS. Unless they license out OS X Server, probably on a specific platform (VM…