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thanks for the info.

(worst headline ever )


Magic word is first, as in, first post?

Let me be the first to congratulate Dan on using the magic word!



I think Apple has a shot at getting back into Enterprise.

Oh phew.. I thought it was some geeky Star Wars thing...

"I think Apple has a shot at getting back into Enterprise."

"Back"? They were never in it, but with that proviso, I'll agree with you.
The greatest challenge will be resistance from MCSE types who fear their job security will collapse when companies realize that it takes a much smaller IT staff to administer a Mac network.

The magic word is "economic", as in Macs make greater economic sense than PC's.

I'm not posting on this.

Apple need to write an MS Exchange replacement.

Things in Apple's favor:
1- The longer M$ delays delivery of Longhorn and the worse the spyware/malware/virus problem becomes.
2- Apple's pricing of it's X-Server, RAID and software compared to the others, including commercial LINUX distros.
3- New SAN software.
4- Availabiity of Office, Adobe Suite and other commercial software unavailable on LINUX or other non-Windows operating systems.
5- New low cost destop hardware-miniMac (sounds better than Mac mini). I think this will find it's way into more than a few commercial installations. It is a great cost advantage to not have to buy a new display in order to switch Operating Systems.
There are more, but the snowball is now rolling down the hill (getting bigger) and Bill Gates is standing there taking in the view.

"The greatest challenge will be resistance from MCSE types who fear their job security will collapse when companies realize that it takes a much smaller IT staff to administer a Mac network."

This is a very good point. A lot of what they do involves maintenance on those terrible Wintel boxes (anti-virus, security updates, etc.). Job security for IT folk in all that mess.