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Yahoo!: Apple Announces Mac OS X Server; New Server Software Optimized for Internet

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 6, 1999

“Apple Computer, Inc… announced Mac® OS X Server, the
Company’s new server operating system, which combines the proven
strength of Unix with the simplicity of Macintosh®. Mac OS X is
built on the high-performance Mach microkernel and BSD 4.4, and
includes the Apache HTTP web server and WebObjects® application
server.”

““Mac OS X Server is Apple’s first modern server operating
system, and gets Apple started down an important road,” said Steve
Jobs, Apple’s interim CEO. “Our customers can now get a
standards-based Internet server for under $5,000 that is faster
than other servers costing several times as much.””

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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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