Comments on: Is Apple Serious About the Server or Not? http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4431/ Open Source, Open Standards Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:32:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: retepsanag http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4431/#comment-643 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:29:47 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4431/#comment-643 Not since Virgina Tech's innovations has Apple done anything. It was great then at 12.25 Sustained Tflops at a cost of $5.2 Million to $5.8 Million. Compare it to Alix's Ice Intel System at a Rmax of 126 Tflops for $11 Million purchased by New Mexico's Computational Center! Why can't they put 2 of these same intel Quad Processors in an Apple 1U system? You are right to say that they have no visible roadmap as I have searched the net everywhere! In a $58 Billion Market for HPCs, you have to let people know what's comming down the pipes in order that they can wait and prepare for it. Apple, you are anal idoits! PG. Not since Virgina Tech’s innovations has Apple done anything. It was great then at 12.25 Sustained Tflops at a cost of $5.2 Million to $5.8 Million. Compare it to Alix’s Ice Intel System at a Rmax of 126 Tflops for $11 Million purchased by New Mexico’s Computational Center!

Why can’t they put 2 of these same intel Quad Processors in an Apple 1U system?

You are right to say that they have no visible roadmap as I have searched the net everywhere! In a $58 Billion Market for HPCs, you have to let people know what’s comming down the pipes in order that they can wait and prepare for it.

Apple, you are anal idoits!

PG.

]]> by: yadrif http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4431/#comment-642 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:04:57 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4431/#comment-642 A long time ago I heard that a Mac server was called a "Big Mac". Not sure if the guy who told me this was joking or not. But thought it was funny. A long time ago I heard that a Mac server was called a “Big Mac”. Not sure if the guy who told me this was joking or not. But thought it was funny.

]]> by: paddor http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4431/#comment-637 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:53:11 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4431/#comment-637 Xgrid ;) Xgrid ;)

]]> by: Ken Hess http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4431/#comment-634 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:24:14 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4431/#comment-634 Years ago when I had my own consulting company, I didn't even realize Apple had a Server until one day I walked into an all Apple shop and saw one. Sure we supported Apple but you can imagine how my heart fell when I saw something that I didn't even know existed sitting there...broken. They aren't serious about their almost unknown Server. They have never been. And now since the MacOS is a hybrid FreeBSD/NeXT, I don't suspect they ever will be. Years ago when I had my own consulting company, I didn’t even realize Apple had a Server until one day I walked into an all Apple shop and saw one. Sure we supported Apple but you can imagine how my heart fell when I saw something that I didn’t even know existed sitting there…broken.
They aren’t serious about their almost unknown Server. They have never been. And now since the MacOS is a hybrid FreeBSD/NeXT, I don’t suspect they ever will be.

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