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Story: Is Apple on the way out?
Posted by: Gary (Thursday 14 October 2004, 2:29 PM)
As others noted, I think you made some good points. I do have one suggested alternate viewpoint for those coporations having a huge over head in salaries for the IT staff necessary to maintain the typical Windows server networks, and even the apparently less expensive linux networks. I understand that, in general, thest IT personel like 'tweakability' of the linux option and really don't need the 'ease-of'use' available in the Apple server option. I do wonder what the cost savings might be if we looked more closely at the alternate option of spending the additioinal money for the slightly more expensive Apple server option (more expensive than linux in the up-front hardware/operating system costs, generally, but in many cases actually less than the Windows option) and deleting the overhead for salaries of most of the now-unnecessary IT staff who won't be needed because of the 'ease-of-use in the Apple software? Interesting thought, maybe a bit scary for the IT guys? Sometimes I wonder whose 'best interests' they really have in mind; those of their company or their own personal interest?
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Apple is on the way up, not out.
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Yawn! you guys must be smoking bad weed. Anonymous
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What does not seem to be mentioned here is the ant... Anonymous
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David, FUD will get you nowhere these days. It loo... Fred Mueggelhopper
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My experience as a co-director of IT is that the s... Anonymous
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