> 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.
+1000 On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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 > > ~ 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
