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What Apple Uses for WWW: 80+ Apple WWW Servers

In my opinion, Apple WWW needs to be all-Mac OS.
Please send your opinion to Apple today.(email: Apple Forever)

One of my colleagues summarized the points in my original missive, 'Mac OS Sold Down River for AIX,' and asked me to present them in reverse order:
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Main Points:

* Mac OS is fast, cheap, reliable, proven solution for internet servers.
* Many Apple projects are being pushed to AIX (IBM UNIX) instead.
* Servers aren't the bottleneck, network is.
* Apple using AIX WWW servers drowns out Mac OS Internet message.

* 3 Mac OS WWW servers cream 1 AIX box on price, capacity, & admin
* Apple hasn't supported vital Internet products.
* Pro-Mac OS Internet developers get sidelined.

Secondary Points:

* Mac sales (000,000's) far exceed possible AIX sales (000's)
* AIX machines from Apple cut into Mac OS sales, via disrespect.
* AIX is not a Mac OS product, all Mac OS third parties are cut out.
* Margins on AIX machines are not really higher
* High margins on Mac OS Apple Internet Servers are real.

Tertiary Points:

* A professional site needs 3 WWW servers: Primary, Backup, Test
* Unix is more expensive than Mac OS to buy and to own.
* Apple tried AUX (Apple brand UNIX) and it failed
* eWorld ran on UNIX and failed
* AIX machines won't sell, Apple won't be able to support them.
* Many Apple execs make bad decisions, but stay.

Personal Points:

* People like me have spent a lot of time promoting Mac OS
* Apple has often not honored its commitments to fund Internet projects, and still hasn't stepped up to its opportunity on the Internet: Mac OS!

Speculation on the Causes:

* There are still strong pockets of UNIX advocates at the heart of Apple networking, left over from all the failed Apple UNIX projects from AUX to Apple Business Systems to eWorld. Apple executives ask these people about the Internet, and they get the same kind of answer they got from MIS in the 80's: Use mainframes. Fortunately, in the 80's a few influential people at Apple didn't listen to this kind of advice.

What We Can Do:

* Write and call Apple. I'm not going to post a hit list, but Apple contact info is now spread all over Apple's WWW, so tell everyone at Apple who you think is appropriate what you think about Apple selling UNIX machines.

Brad has kept independent lists of Mac OS WWW servers since October 1994.

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