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  1. #16
    David Moyer
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    Re: European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in the US even opened

    Larry <[email protected]> wrote:

    > I agree! Open Source Apache for Linux is a fine server software.
    >
    > But, they need some more horsepower in the processors and bandwidth in the
    > pipe if they're gonna keep doing stupid things like releasing an upgrade
    > download on the same day as a new device.
    >
    > Someone at Apple IT should have been screaming bloody murder to stop it....


    Apache is not related to Linux... every Mac ships with Apache and has
    for YEARS...

    The problem was too much demand, which a company like MS or BB would die
    to have.



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  2. #17
    Larry
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    Re: European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in the US even opened

    David Moyer <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:davmoy-76BB5A.22175813072008@dialup-4.167.115.65.Dial1.Houston1.Leve
    l3.net:

    > Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> I agree! Open Source Apache for Linux is a fine server software.
    >>
    >> But, they need some more horsepower in the processors and bandwidth
    >> in the pipe if they're gonna keep doing stupid things like releasing
    >> an upgrade download on the same day as a new device.
    >>
    >> Someone at Apple IT should have been screaming bloody murder to stop
    >> it....

    >
    > Apache is not related to Linux... every Mac ships with Apache and has
    > for YEARS...
    >
    > The problem was too much demand, which a company like MS or BB would
    > die to have.
    >


    Please tell me they're not trying to run servers for the whole company on
    Macs......are they?....(c;




  3. #18
    nospam
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    Re: European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in the US even opened

    In article <[email protected]>, Larry
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    > nospam <[email protected]> wrote in news:130720082027246011%
    > [email protected]lid:
    >
    > > it quite clearly says 'darwin' which is the open source kernel of mac
    > > os x. the hardware are apple xserve rack mount computers, and they're
    > > all running mac os x server.

    >
    > Wow! Where does Apple sell servers? I've never seen one. All they have
    > here are little desktop and laptops.


    any mac can run mac os x server, although apple has rack mount hardware
    that's better suited for high demand installations. for home or small
    business, a mac mini is often sufficient.

    also, the consumer version of os x includes things such as apache and
    vpn, they just need to be enabled and configured.

    > Is there a URL where one can read about Apple server platforms??


    i provided two in the previous post, one of which is included below.

    <http://www.apple.com/xserve/>
    <http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/>



  4. #19
    Larry
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    Re: European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in the US even opened

    nospam <[email protected]> wrote in news:130720082133102731%
    [email protected]lid:

    > http://www.apple.com/xserve/


    Hmm...I see. Well, obviously, it wasn't enough....(c;

    I pictured someone as large as Apple with something like:
    http://www.emc.com/solutions/index.htm
    using storage solutions like:
    http://www.emc.com/products/family/symmetrix-family.htm

    15000 RPM disk drives are not fast enough so:

    " Availability

    EMC plans to offer flash drives in 73 GB and 146 GB capacities for the
    Symmetrix DMX-4 platform beginning later in Q1 2008."

    which are 30 times faster....

    I have a friend who is a field service engineer for EMC, here. What an
    amazing combination of hardware and software solutions they have....

    ....and it's mostly transparent to the end user if it bombs. The master
    processor simply takes out of service whatever massive memory board or
    drive has errors, calls EMC on its own phone line telling EMC's
    dispatching computer what's wrong and where and what parts need
    swapping. My friend's pager goes off as the core processor makes a
    trouble ticket all without human intervention. He gets the trouble
    ticket over the sellphone data circuits because he lives on the road,
    drops by one of their prepositioned warehouses to pick up the part or
    has it directly delivered overnight to the site. He shows up, opens the
    box, hotswaps the parts then hangs around until the box's core computer
    is happy with the new device and cancels the trouble ticket, itself.

    It's a good thing computers aren't allowed to drive......

    .....humans still have some, small but significant use to them.

    Oh I wanted that super fast 100,000 RPM IBM drive he let me hold in my
    hot, grubby, sweaty hands for a few minutes.....(c;

    You should hear its faint, nearly inaudible, whine as it powers up....
    (pant)




  5. #20
    DevilsPGD
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    Re: European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in the US even opened

    In message <[email protected]> Ron
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Made even more amazing by Inventory originally intended for Canada
    >having been shipped onto Europe, after Steve Jobs got pissed at Rogers
    >pricing schemes.


    Thanks to that little temper tantrum, we now have better rates then the
    US, $30 for 6GB, vs AT&T's "unlimited" with a 5GB cap.

    And not just for Apple users either, although only for Rogers' own 3G
    phones, sadly my imported TyTN II doesn't qualify even through Rogers'
    TyTN does. I could fight it, but it's less hassle to just grab an
    iPhone and move the SIM.



  6. #21
    Oxford
    Guest

    Re: European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in the US even opened

    Larry <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Please tell me they're not trying to run servers for the whole company on
    > Macs......are they?....(c;


    apple primarily uses Sun Sparcs and their own Xserves... these run
    Solaris, OSX and a bit of Linux on macs or sparcs.

    you can always figure out what a site is running here:

    http://netcraft.com/

    and a search for apple.com shows much of the main list... but be aware
    than "anything" with "apple" in the domain... shows up on this link:

    http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?posit...host=apple.com



  7. #22
    Oxford
    Guest

    Re: European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in the US even opened

    Larry <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Wow! Where does Apple sell servers? I've never seen one. All they have
    > here are little desktop and laptops.
    >
    > Is there a URL where one can read about Apple server platforms??


    larry, you make everyone laugh at your simple world view.

    Apple has sold high powered servers for decades, and as recently as 4
    years ago had the 3rd fastest computer in the world using them.

    Apple's big boy toys can be found here:

    http://www.apple.com/xserve/

    http://www.apple.com/xserve/technolo...hitecture.html

    http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/colsa/



  8. #23
    Larry
    Guest

    Re: European retailers were sold out of the new iPhone 3G before stores in the US even opened

    Oxford <[email protected]> wrote in news:apony-BA2D3E.12325514072008
    @news.qwest.net:

    > http://www.apple.com/xserve/technolo...hitecture.html


    Now I'm even more confused. It talks about PCI bus, Ethernets, Firewire?,
    USB??

    This is like an office server to feed the Macs and printers....

    I was looking for a serious Gigabit server like what I HOPE Apple is using
    to feed the world access to the permission box to turn on the damned
    FruitFones. These gadgets don't have ethernet ports, you plug Gigabit
    fiber into them....Gigabits per second.....

    Here's an example, for those stuck with desktops on their brains.....

    http://www.hyperconnectivity.com/
    http://www.nortel.com/



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