Decius wrote:
] ] I believe the Unix workstation users who are buying Macs
] ] are small in number and not enough to boost Apple sales
] ] on their own. But they're key players -- the same type of
] ] people who snuck PCs into the corporate environment under
] ] the cover of darkness while their overseers remained
] ] wedded to mainframes and other bigger computers. These
] ] are the folks who'll soon be making a lot of the buying
] ] decisions in IT departments. So they are the future, and
] ] they promise a bright one for Apple.
]
] I was pondering this a year ago, but the stock is overvalued
] (much more so now then it has been in the past) and there are
] some things that Apple has gotten wrong (like printing).

like printing, and SMB access via the Finder (STILL BROKEN!!!)

but the real issue here is that no one in corporate IT would risk their neck recommending Apple for anything. The uphill battle you'd have to fight in order for people to even reconsider their preconceptions would be immense. Add to that the fact that the company is still vulnerable, and has a 30+ year history of flaking out just when it appears inevitable that it will mop the floor of the market place. In short, it's still too risky.

RE: BW Online | October 1, 2003 | Finally, an Opening for Apple in IT