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Enterprise CTO Switches to Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the rethink-after-you-reinstall-too dept.

louismg writes "BlueArc CTO Geoff Barrall, using a PC day in and day out, found things becoming progressively more difficult as they increased in complexity. After one final straw, he sought out an alternative, and switched to Mac OS X -- in a corporate environment. His column, titled 'Rethink Before You Reinstall' documents the challenges facing Mac OS X in enterprise, and how he has changed his views." We've not had a switcher/MS-bashing/Apple rules/etc. article in a little while, so here you are.

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  1. Re:Stop the presses! by jaoswald · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, you miss the point!

    There is a person who uses a computer to make presentations to customers so that his business can make money.

    I've certainly never seen anything like this on Slashdot before!

    The consequences are potentially enormous. It might be that this person doesn't even know Perl!

  2. Contradiction... by ElGanzoLoco · · Score: 5, Funny

    [...]nothing that would lead anybody to think I'm using anything other than a regular PC. No blue screens [...]

    Isn't that a contradiction? :)

    --
    Hello! I'm a disaster waiting to happen!
  3. Re:Use Office on XP then use it on OS X. by SAN1701 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meanwhile, in the deeps of Microsoft Mac Business Unit...

    -Hi. I just want to see what you guys are doing here.
    -Hi, Bill! We are doing many improvements in Office, Outlook...
    -Calm down! No need to hurry! You guys seem to work too much!
    -Indeed! Now we're porting SQL-Server to Mac OS X Server...
    -I see. But as I said, there's no rush. Drink less coffee, work less daily hours, enjoy life more... Buy a videogame to your employees!
    -Actually, we're very busy because we want to start to port the whole .NET...
    -That's it! 6 months of vacation to everybody. On me! You guys deserve it!