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Darwin 7 (OSX 10.3) updated on x86 too...

DIGG IT!     0 Comments Published Monday, October 27, 2003 at 3:29 PM .

I find it interesting that Apple continues to update the X86 version of OSX. One could say that they are keeping their options open in regard to future chipsets, but selling a first class hardware compatible alternative to Windows is more like it. Lets face it they are in the business of making money and the x86 market is too large to ignore.

I have been a FreeBSD user for over 6 years and love it as a server operating system, but I just refuse to use it on the desktop because I lack the apps. Instead I continue to use windows simply due to my legacy investment in software. Although with MACR DEVNET, I may switch to OSX when my I renew my license.

I recently deployed a project using FreeBSD. We clustered 3 servers running Jabber, 2 servers handle socket connections and the other server handles Jabber protocol and the user database. Currently the system supports 16,000 concurrent users as the socket servers can maintain 8,000 connections apiece using kqueue events on FreeBSD. The system is easy to scale as we simply add more socket servers to the cluster and add them into the load balancer. The 3 servers have been running for 10 months straight without a reboot, you sure can't do that with windows!

Personally I think apple will release to x86 as soon as OSX achieves critical mass for applications. They cannot remain in a small niche OS market forever and the x86 architecture is in desperate need of a solid visual operating system.

cheers,

ted ;)

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