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October 31, 2007 9:05 AM PDT
TidBITS reports that Apple will allow virtualization of the Leopard version of OS X Server.
"Big deal. So what? Who cares?" you say. Well, this is the kind of thing that gets those guys who society rightly locks into server rooms all sweaty under their neck beards (neck beard jokes rule!). Now they can run multiple versions of Leopard Server on one box, alongside Windows and Linux. The Macalope, of course, knows several real Hydras (great dinner party guests -- all those heads and only one stomach), but this is the server equivalent.
Ben Rudolph of Parallels emphasized this final point, saying, "We're hearing from our customers - like you are from your readers - that the 'holy grail' of Xserves is to run multiple, isolated, near-native instances of Mac OS X Server on the same box, at the same time. If you couple that with the ability to run Windows and Linux next to those instances of Mac OS X, you've just made Xserves even more compelling for enterprises large and small, even non-traditional Apple shops."
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Born of the earth, forged in fire, the Macalope was branded "nonstandard" and "proprietary" by the IT world and considered a freak of nature. Part man, part Mac, and part antelope, the Macalope set forth on a quest to save his beloved platform. Long-eclipsed by his more prodigious cousin, the jackalope (they breed like rabbits, you know), the Macalope's time has come. Apple news and rumormonger extraordinaire, the Macalope provides a uniquely polymorphic approach. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
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