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RE: Apple's Snow Leopard Completely Blows It Virtually

I think there is a lack of understanding of Apple's goals
here. Mac OS can run perfectly fine on commodity
hardware from Dell, etc. they just purposely prevent it
from doing so. (Check out all the "Hackintosh" OS X boot-
loaders if you don't believe me).

Something I learned long ago in marketing class is that big
brands don't want to be too successful, as it dilutes their
image and reduces the premium they are able to charge. If
everyone wore Prada every day, it wouldn't be a special
brand anymore, and they wouldn't be able to command the
same price premium. Apple is very similar to that in a
way, and so their goal is to grow to an optimal size to
make enough profit, but not so large that they lose their
image of "Exclusivity".

Another (technical) aspect is that one of the reasons OS X
works so well is because Apple has tight control of the
hardware. This would evaporate if it could run on
thousands of different models of computer.

Finally, Windows Para-virtualization isn't all it's cracked up
to be. It doesn't work with many products, and nobody can
make their own kernel since it's not open-source.

Microsoft's Hyper-V is also a niche player mainly used at
shops who drink Microsoft's cool-aid in abundance.
Likewise Linux's built-in solutions are useful for certain
things, but not everything. Anyone who is serious about
doing large scale virtualization uses VMWare, which is
available for Mac OS. Unfortunately, the version that's
available is not what would be good for server use.

Posted by: shiruba   Posted on: 08/31/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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