Apple announced last week it will phase out Xserve, its rack-mountable server solution, starting January 31, 2011. While the Xserve was definitely not very prominent among Apple products, it had a dedicated user base, and many users wondered why Apple had decided to kill the product without offering an alternative.
Now, via an e-mail to a user who had asked him why the Xserve product line was killed, Steve Jobs revealed the simple truth: "Hardly anyone was buying them."
It's hard to argue against that one. Apple is a consumer-oriented company, and -- unfortunately for the Xserve users -- catering to the professional market with the Xserve obviously wasn't a financially viable option any more.