Apple’s discontinuation of Xserve was met with widespread disappointment from many pro users and following a recent rumor that Mac OS X Server would be also be discontinued along with other Apple products, MacRumors reports that one of their readers had emailed Apple CEO Steve Jobs specifically inquiring that whether or not the Mac OS X Serve would have the same fate as Xserve, early in December last year. See Steve’s response to that email after the break.
CEO Steve Jobs replied to the following email:
Q: If you are abandoning enterprise solutions by eliminating the Xserve, does that mean OS X Server is not far behind? It seems that way. I would hate to see that because I like the product.
A: No.
Sent from my iPhone
MacRumors take on the response:
Jobs of course has a clever way of selectively addressing customer questions so as to not give away too much information, so readers should be careful of reading too much into his simple comment. His response could optimistically be taken to mean that Mac OS X Server's future is secure for the foreseeable future, although a more skeptical interpretation could be applied to suggest that Mac OS X Server may or may not be under consideration for discontinuation but that any discontinuation would be a bit further down the road and not "not far behind" the Xserve's demise.
So if this report is anything to go by, The Mac OS X Serve will not be discontinued at least for sometime, however it can not be said for sure if its not bound to happen further on in the future.