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Completely agree. I can't see them reviving the Xserve brand with their own silicon, but I could see them introducing cloud hosting services. Ideally with dif
by dane 5y ago
Completely agree. I can't see them reviving the Xserve brand with their own silicon, but I could see them introducing cloud hosting services. Ideally with differentiation in something like environmental credentials (reduced, renewable power, etc.) to try and gain market share whilst maintaining margin.
- andrewjl 5y agoThey already have, though the marketing is subtle. [1][2] [1] https://www.apple.com/icloud/ https://www.apple.com/icloud/ [2] https://developer.apple.com/icloud/cloudkit/ https://developer.apple.com/icloud/cloudkit/
- klohto 5y agoWe are talking AWS competitors, not Google Drive alternative.
- andrewjl 5y agoBesides a deliberate paucity of knobs to tweak, what exactly is the difference with AWS S3 as far as the target market (app developers) is concerned? This is a cloud hosting service in all but name. https://developer.apple.com/icloud/icloud-drive/ https://developer.apple.com/icloud/icloud-drive/ https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/DataManagement/Conceptual/DocumentBasedAppPGiOS/Introduction/Introduction.html https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Da...