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Recommend Apple, Lose Your Job?

Posted by simoniker on from the fun-controversy-storytime-theater dept.

rocketjam writes "While examining whether outsourcing tech work to India is really cost-effective, Robert X. Cringely takes a look at the old conspiracy theory that IT doesn't recommend Apple solutions because they need less support, thus endangering IT professionals' job security." Cringely argues: "Ideally, the IT department ought to recommend the best computer for the job, but more often than not, they recommend the best computer for the IT department's job."

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  1. If you buy Apple.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..somebody in India starves because of lack of tech support calls.

    Please. Think of the Indians. Buy PC.

  2. Re:Hmmm, is it that complicated by CoyoteGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux can be used as a file server/firewall/application server/web server/email server/DNS server/database server/all of the above at once without costing you nearly as much as an X-Serve.

    You can do all of that with an iMac, if you wish.

    Care to give a url of a nice iMac web server to slashdot, and we'll see what OS is superior? :P

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  3. Re:Hmmm, is it that complicated by CoyoteGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here you go. Give this one a try.

    I said iMac, not a convoluted version of Linux running on proprietary hardware.

    iMac= small, cute microwave sized pc.. something I would feed an Opteron Cluster for breakfast..

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