> From: Ben Scott > The people who think that Mac's will never fly in the enterprise > portray the same attitude that those who thought that Linux would > never fly in the enterprise.
It aggravates me, just a little bit, when people assume that MacOS X (or Linux, or even Windows) is inferior to another OS. Doubtless, there have been thousands of individuals who have worked very hard over many years to make these systems usable for us, to enhance our ability to do work. Some might be better than others for for specific tasks... but thus far I have found them all useful and productive. > Of course, by the same token, simply assuming buying a Mac will make > IT problems go away isn't good, either. +1 > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]> > wrote: > Are they all fanbois? No, there are fewer there than there are Windows fanbois here. Admittedly, I think this is a larger list. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:15:43 -0700 Subject: Re: From the Mac Enterprise list > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:53 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > It actually doesn’t read much different than this list – they run into > the > > same issues with software deployment, VPN, networked printers, new OS > > deployments and things that break with a new OS in their environment, etc. > > Hate to tell ya, they’re like us, just dealing with a different OS. > > I've said for decades that Mac's are just another computer. They're > not inherently better or worse at anything than any other computer. > Particular implementation issues are better or worse, but that's the > case with anything. > > The people who think that Mac's will never fly in the enterprise > portray the same attitude that those who thought that Linux would > never fly in the enterprise. Or that PCs would never fly in the > enterprise (mainframes are so much more reliable and capable, after > all). Macs may gain more traction in business, or not, but simply > assuming they won't because they haven't yet isn't good. > > Of course, by the same token, simply assuming buying a Mac will make > IT problems go away isn't good, either. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
