tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10182776.post110870892289096296..comments2023-08-09T03:25:10.436-07:00Comments on Nonstop Express: Inside the DeathstarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10182776.post-1113417228578859362005-04-13T11:33:00.000-07:002005-04-13T11:33:00.000-07:00I'll admit I didn't read your whole post or even a...I'll admit I didn't read your whole post or even any of the comments, but your first few lines caught my interest. The reason I believe that MSFT's main competition is MIT is UNIX/Linux. Most business applications are born out of the academic world (e-commerce, productivity, ERP, etc). The academic world uses *nix. As OSX gains popularity and other desktops for the nixes are developed, these new breed of enterprise applications will be developed first on *nix than have to be ported to windows, opposite of how it's been done in the past.<BR/><BR/>Hope this is on topic.EVK4https://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10182776.post-1109131354069900432005-02-22T20:02:00.000-08:002005-02-22T20:02:00.000-08:00Microsoft's image is arrogant. Apple's is smart an...Microsoft's image is arrogant. Apple's is smart and slick. The Apple's I've had in the past all crashed - but I learned how to fix much of what went wrong - and never felt a negative feeling. Microsoft crashes - and I have enormous negative feelings. And, I can't fix it myself. Each update screws something up that was working OK. Thank goodness for Norton GoBack recovery.<br /><br />MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10182776.post-1108952413106195092005-02-20T18:20:00.000-08:002005-02-20T18:20:00.000-08:00Martin,
Therein lies the rub. I was looking at th...Martin,<br /><br />Therein lies the rub. I was looking at the issue mostly from the end-user perspective, not the enterprise level. I have a friend whose company uses Exchange Server, and his comments echo yours.<br /><br />Apple, obviously, must make itself as adaptable as possible to be part of the enterprise story, although many, many smaller companies manage just fine with Macs.<br /><br />What I find even more interesting is how many people I know who use PCs exclusively at work and have abandoned the Windows platform at home. Just too darn much work to integrate everything, even though XP contains music, video and photo apps. <br /><br />From my conversations with them it all comes down to this: "It's just easier to use a Mac, and they look cooler." Lazy and superficial as that may be, it's pretty compelling. No reason why MSoft can't fix the first part of the equation.NonstopExpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316581976148330592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10182776.post-1108894618232381972005-02-20T02:16:00.000-08:002005-02-20T02:16:00.000-08:00Although Microsoft can go a long way towards simpl...Although Microsoft can go a long way towards simplifying their interface, I think they're simply trying to provide as much functionality as they possibly can.<br /><br />As co-owner of a business which is a Microsoft Partner, we're constantly amazed by how much can be done with MS products (especially in a properly set-up server environment). It took us more than 2 years to fully understand just how powerful MS Exchange Server actually is. People think of it as an e-mail server, but when you start digging a little deeper, you realise just how much integration you can do with <I>everything</I> else in their stable. We've built an entire CRM system that runs just on Exchange, and we've just scratched the surface...<br /><br />And that's the point I'm getting at - MS software (in general) does <I>so</I> much that it's difficult to aim the front-end at specific, swan-like tasks, simply because the audience is so wide, and I suppose priorities have to be decided on :-)<br /><br />They're getting better though, at least in my opinion...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10182776.post-1108764942890101382005-02-18T14:15:00.000-08:002005-02-18T14:15:00.000-08:00Testing comments once again. Man, it's getting lon...Testing comments once again. Man, it's getting lonely on this train.NonstopExpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316581976148330592noreply@blogger.com