Ibm is a strong brand in the enterprise sector. Such a big name pulling off is at least the sign that the tech didn’t catch up in their world.

I don’t think server side swift has any chance against the other contender, it just has nothing special to offer and it’s often not even on par with competing technologies (go simplicity and concurrency, java ecosystem, python dynamic nature, rust safety, etc.). It doesn’t even have async...

I would be surprised if anyone but iOS devs use it.

Ps: and don’t get me wrong,i absolutely love its syntax and type system. But it’s not immediately obvious to someone already familiar with another PL.