Leopard Server hardware requirements?

[Bart Silverstrim]

Markus Hitter wrote:
> 
> Am 03.10.2007 um 01:43 schrieb Brett Dikeman:
> 
>> On 10/2/07, Markus Hitter <mah at jump-ing.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Sure there's a reason to use more modern techniques. Nevertheless
>>> there's no reason to kick older hardware just for the sake of having
>>> them kicked. Setting a limit of 867 MHz instead of 800 MHz is just
>>> silly from the technical point of view. Setting any speed limit is
>>> silly as good software works reliable at any speed.
>>
>> Apple is a publicly traded company.  It attempts to make sound,
>> considered decisions in the company's best interests of increasing
>> profits and thus providing a return on investments made in it by its
>> shareholders and investors. [...]
> 
> Thank you, Brett. This just confirms Apple is no longer a technology 
> driven company (which it appeared to be a few years ago) but a marketing 
> driven one. Time for the technical interested user to look at the 
> competition:
> 
> http://www.gnustep.org/
> http://www.etoile-project.org/
> http://www.ubuntu.com/

I'm pretty sure everything Apple has done they did with investors in 
mind at some point along the decision...to do something contrary to the 
investors best interest is something they can and would be taken to 
court over, and I think no one familiar even in passing with Apple's 
history would think Steve Jobs doesn't know how to dance with the board 
of directors and that they aren't a group to intentionally mess with on 
a regular basis.

Also, interesting you framed it as "a technology driven company (which 
it *appeared* to be..."), since that would still be a function of 
marketing :-)