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Podcast - Apple Weekly Report #116: Microsoft's Brave New World, and Requiem to HD DVD
by , 11:55 PM EST, February 25th, 2008
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Microsoft is trying to show its kinder, gentler side to developers, Toshiba bailed on its HD DVD format, and Apple introduced Xsan 2 while dropping the Xserve RAID from its product lineup. Also, Apple dropped iPod shuffle pricing and doubleTwist launched its media sharing and DRM-stripping software.
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Your comments in this episode suggest Apple cancelled the Xserve RAID because it wasn't making enough money. I suspect something else. Looking at Apple's product line, I don't see anything there that's more than a year old. The RAID box is more than three years old. If it wasn't making money, it would have been cancelled long ago. Instead, I suspect that Apple ran into problems making a new model, spent three years valiantly trying to fix those problems, and finally gave up.
The reason why the Xserve RAID is so much better than competing products is that Apple has a pretty high standard for what it allows out the door. I have to believe we haven't seen anything since because Apple couldn't meet that standard.
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