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> Apple simply cannot comprehend the ask.

Apple knows the market demand for this type of device.

You may have paid $50,000 for it, but you’re only one customer. At Apple scale they need to focus their finite resources on the products that serve the largest market demand.

$50,000 rack mount servers are not a large demand.

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You'd be surprised. This was the same conversation where Numbers was pitched as an Excel replacement.
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They had Xserve, it didn't sell well enough to survive.
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