On Mar 5, 2009, at 10:42 PM, Dan wrote:

>
> At 12:09 PM -0700 3/5/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> If your clients are happy with Windows, Dan, get 'em Windows. It's
>> just guaranteed ongoing support work for you...
>
> I never said anything about Windoze.
>
> The clients want Macs but cannot afford the heavy cost per seat.  WHY
> is it such a crime to want a cost effective Mac solution for them?

It isn't a crime. And your idea of 'cost effective' is not the same as  
Apple's idea of 'cost effective'.

On the other hand, neither is it necessarily good business on Apple's  
part. This isn't just my opinion, this is factual, based on Apple's  
actions.

Apple executives have said, again and again and again, that they, as a  
company, have no interest in competing at the bottom of the market.  
 From their POV as executives of the company, this is a damned wise  
decision: Of all the top PC manufacturers, Apple's the one NOT doing  
huge layoffs and/or posting losses.

Dell staked their business model on claiming the low end of the  
market. Look where it's gotten them...they're in pretty serious  
financial straits, and the overall PC market is still headed towards a  
lithobraking market bottom.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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