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News.com: Apple touts Mac OS X Server

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 7, 1999

“Mac OS X Server is Apple’s first step toward offering an
advanced operating system with sophisticated networking
capabilities long sought by customers in the education, publishing,
and application development markets.”

“The release of OS X Server marks the beginning of Apple’s
two-tiered OS strategy where there is a “Pro” and “Consumer”
version of the OS…”

“… users… wonder how much Apple can make off its new
operating system in a market populated by… Solaris,… NT, and to
a lesser degree, Linux.”

“The software will be available online from Apple for the
estimated retail price of U.S. $995.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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