Working with other platforms is good stuff. Yes, we gotta have it. If Apple wants to be taken seriously in the server world, new system software is needed. The Mac file system is creaky old legacy code. We need a new low-tech file system that works with WebStar.
Performance is everything.
In the meantime, the Mac makes a great CGI platform. Make the economics work. The next big rage in the web world is going to be sites built out of hundreds of NT machines. If Apple wants to play in this world, we're going to have to have a way of adding Macs to racks ad infinitum. All indication from Apple is that they think Adobe has the problem licked with SiteMill and PageMill.