[Fed-Talk] Eulogy for the Xserve
[Fed-Talk] Eulogy for the Xserve
- Subject: [Fed-Talk] Eulogy for the Xserve
- From: "Dan O'Donnell" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:46:39 -0800
- Thread-topic: Eulogy for the Xserve
Title: Eulogy for the Xserve
Chuck Goolsbee manages data centers as well as the Mac Managers listserv, and contributes to TidBits.
His piece about the Xserve and its demise appears on TidBits.
<http://db.tidbits.com/article/11735>
Excerpt:
The conclusion we come to is that the Xserve never sold as well as it could have. It was hobbled from the start, by Apple’s lukewarm support, by its basic design, and by software that never quite lived up to its promise. Apple says “servers don’t sell,” yet selling servers is exactly what Dell, HP, and others do, in high volume and with good margins. So why did the Xserve have to die?
__________________________________________________________________________
This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and
may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use,
disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended
recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies
of the original message.
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Fed-talk mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden