I guess Apple supports see this as a win, I see it as a death sentence. Big Business will kill the Mac, power to the people
IBM considering switch to Macs
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Re: IBM considering switch to Macs
#12If 18 of the 24 said that the Mac offered a "better or best experience" compared to their existing computer (i.e. the IBM Thinkpad), but 15 of the 18 (83%) already had "moderate or expert knowledge of the [Mac] platform" - does IBM have enough unbiased data to make an educated decision?
Re: IBM considering switch to Macs
#13If 18 of the 24 said that the Mac offered a "better or best experience" compared to their existing computer (i.e. the IBM Thinkpad), but 15 of the 18 (83%) already had "moderate or expert knowledge of the [Mac] platform" - does IBM have enough unbiased data to make an educated decision?
It depends what decision you are talking about:
Can Mac experts use Macs productively? Can we switch all employees to Macs? etc.
Re: IBM considering switch to Macs
#14I've considered it, too - but then I decided against it...
Re: IBM considering switch to Macs
#15For pretty much everywhere the MS --> Mac move is considered, isn't the big sticking point Exchange Server? AFAICT, everything else has a good replacement. It's the email server that has everyone locked-in, right? I'm not a Mac user though, ... maybe OS X can talk to exchange?
Exchange options I know of for a Mac:
* Microsoft Entourage
* Outlook Web Access
* The open source Gnome email client Evolution now runs on a Mac, and it can connect to Exchange (actually, it scrapes Outlook Web Access)
* I believe you can configure Exchange to support IMAP connections
* Parallels and VMWare Fusion allow you to run Outlook for Windows
Re: IBM considering switch to Macs
#16Isn't IBM also just-as-long-time Linux supporter?
Not to mention their long time PowerPC relationship with Apple.
Re: IBM considering switch to Macs
#17I'm very hopeful but somewhat skeptical. They also said they'd quit windows several years ago but haven't gotten close. I just quit IBM in January. I brought my own mac in and used that exclusively. My boss did as well. There was a small but strong community of mac users. It was not common to use a mac, but no one minded. It would be really awesome if you could choose. Using a Mac at IBM, even though it was completel…
I work at a engineering company even bigger than IBM, and what we have here is crazy: There is a corporate Windows network and all computers come pre-damaged with a special "Corporate Image" that we are all obligated to run: it's Windows XP with tons of stuff specific to the company: it even keeps a special wallpaper along with the screensaver that you cannot change. And, of course, there are plethora of daemons runn…
How do you guys pipe in the internet? (what do you mean with "your own internet gateway".
That sucks balls that you guys have to go to so much trouble to get your work with your computers how you like them.
At least you engineers are a tight-knit group and can do this. Thinks of all the poor fellows who can't do this! (either for computer proficiency or group-size or whatever)
Re: IBM considering switch to Macs
#18Doesn't mean a lot; I'm sure IBM has considered millions of options in the last week. They have people who think about people thinking about ideas.
They also are always looking to the future and don't mess around. If MS releases another Vista (or worse) in a couple of years, do you think they'll stick with windows?
no my friend just got out of alpha works; and they used linux very heavily. see http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource
- any company that is spending money with little to no (gauranteed) return; is ahead of the curve.
Re: IBM considering switch to Macs
#19I will believe it when i see it.
that said, I seriously doubt it.
Re: IBM considering switch to Macs
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
They also are always looking to the future and don't mess around. If MS releases another Vista (or worse) in a couple of years, do you think they'll stick with windows?
no my friend just got out of alpha works; and they used linux very heavily. see http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource - any company that is spending money with little to no (gauranteed) return; is ahead of the curve.
Sorry, but I have to correct. I was a lead on packager on one of our projects to alphaWorks, I was working in the emerging standards department. The peace, love, free software and standards side of the business.
I hear lotus notes is multi-threaded now. :)