Is Apple Serious About the Server or Not?

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…

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