> Nick wrote: > XServe isn't Enterprise, its hardware. Enterprise is the software. It is a > single socket 1U server, it couldn't begin to handle enterprise caliber > applications like R/3 or PeopleSoft. Apple doesn't target the high end > business consumer. >
I would call those mission critical rather than enterprise, but you say tomato ... So - what besides Exchange (which Gmail could easily replace) does any major corporation use Windows as their core backend operating system?? In my experience major back-end systems are either: 1.) Mainframe IMS/MVS type stuff, or 2.) UNIX (Sun/Oracle, AIX/DB2/UDB, etc) You know of a company that runs SAP on windows servers? Wow. Does that even exist? I'm sure there are but ... wow. Anyway, my point was: (1.) Even if someone is running mission critical apps (beyond email) on Windows (wow, I mean ... whoa) this type of thing is going away via companies like SalesForce.com and Plexus.com and they ain't runnin' Windows! (2.) The majority of Windows for "enterprise" use is desktops; everybody has a Windows XP laptop with Explorer, Word, Excel, etc. That job is just as easily done with a Mac (more easily I'd argue) as with a PC. If CIOs start using Macs at home, PCs are dead. The point is, I'm talking individual use. For that Macs are superior. For "the enterprise" as you call it, UNIX is superior. Why anybody would choose to use Microsoft I don't know unless they just got an extremely good licensing deal .. which, I suppose, could happen ... but even then I'd either go UNIX or outsource it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228555 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
