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by therein 135 days ago
They use Ubuntu on x86-64 servers, at least for iCloud. Backends for iCloud, Photos and Backups etc. are written in Java.
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Longhanks 135 days ago
Any sources or more information on that?
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sillywalk 135 days ago
They moved their password monitoring service from Java to Swift.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44172166

https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-at-apple-migrating-the-pass...

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twalla 135 days ago
For the Java bit at least, this aligns with job descriptions I’ve seen and recruiter outreach I’ve received (long time ago though, maybe 5 years).
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pjmlp 135 days ago
NeXT added a Java variant to WebObjects and it was for several years the main server side infrastructure, after being acquired by Apple.

Nowadays you can usually still find Java and JVM languages like Clojure (Apple Maps), on Apple's job ads.

How much of it is still Java based, no idea.

I imagine XCode Cloud has nothing to with it for example.

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therein 135 days ago
Unfortunately I am the source in this case. It is from having worked on them personally. :)
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