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Mac OS X Gaining Ground In Corporate Environs
nonsuchworks writes "MacWorld quotes a Jupiter Research report on the increasing penetration of Mac OS X in the business world. From the article: 'The report found that in businesses with 250 employees or more, 17 percent of the employees were running Mac OS X on their desktop computer at work. In Businesses that had 10,000 or more employees, 21 percent of employees used Mac OS X on their desktop work computer.' Analyst Joe Wilcox adds, 'Companies that were considering Linux are now buying Mac OS X instead.'"
But you told me One Third of All Studies Are Nonsense
After publishing a questionable study about macs, Jupiter Research's exposure went up dramatically.
/me peeks under desk /me peeks in boardroom /me peeks in pr department /me peeks in noc
Hmmm...for a company of 12,000, I sure wish I knew where they hid all these Macs! Seriously though, I wish this were the case, and perhaps it is...somewhere, but I haven't seen it in the last 4 places I've worked (I'm a contrator).
Anyone with more sightings? Are they replacing desktops (/me hopes) or are the Xserves going to take off? (/me doubtful)
bad_outlook
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Is this vague enough for you?
"Most OS X users probably don't even know they're running a flavor of Linux"
I think that would be news to everyone, including the OS X developers.
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The collective term for Unix systems is boxen.
The collective term for Windows is "crap"
You should definitely publish your results in J. Anecdotal Evidence.
I'm sure this will be labelled as trolling, but the illiterate person who submitted this item is apparently unaware that "environs" is not the same thing as "environment." "Environs" is the area surrounding something. So apparently Mac OS X is hanging out somewhere near corporations, perhaps in the parking lots.
"Environs"
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I for one welcome our new OS X using overlords.
That's why those built-in Dell wireless network cards work so well. Or maybe those great Linksys ones so many people already have that "just work" with Windows.
That's why that sangoma DS3 card works so well in Windows. Or maybe those Alpha motherboards that "just work" with Linux.
Seriously, quit your bitching. OS's don't support the same hardware as each other. That's that. I can name hardware that won't work with any OS you can name. And if you want to run it by the numbers, Linux 2.6 runs on way more hardware than any version ever of either OSX or Windows.
A *lot* of stuff doesn't work, looks crappy (love those Linux fonts -- what? steal the MS ones?)
There are plenty of perfectly fine fonts available for Linux these days that aren't from MS. This problem hasn't been around for years. You're just making shit up.
how come firefox doesn't match the theme I just installed. Oh wait, neither do any of the gnome apps!
How come Firefox doesn't match the theme I just installed on Windows? Oh wait, neither does quicktime, EasyCDCreator, Realplayer, WinDVD, and on and on.
I love Linux for servers, but if you can't admit Mac OS X "just works", you aren't being honest. If price is a factor, then its a factor, but don't BS everyone about it being a PITA.
I'm far, far more comfortable in either KDE or Gnome than I'm likely to ever be dealing with a flakey 1-button mouse and a dock that won't stay the same size or keep frequently used icons in the same spot. And I'm a lot more comfortable doing a lot of tasks from the CLI than from any desktop. And I'm sure as hell not happy with all the parts of the filesystem that OSX hides and the UNIX commands that I'm locked out of and all the other eccentricities of the system. And I could do without the damned genie crap and the other icandy too. Now you can like OSX all you want, but don't tell me I can't call it a pain in my ass. That's for my ass to tell me.
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Where does this Apple Martyr Syndrome come from? I don't think many people hate Apple. I think most of us recognise that they're a nifty company that launched the PC industry with the Apple II. They make some decent products and 25+ years of continued success is proof that they're doing something right.
Now Apple users, damn I hate you guys. You lot can all go to hell.
The collective term for Unix systems is boxen.
The collective term for Windows is "crap"
What about Xbox? Would the plural of that be Xcrap?
If it were Apple, could it be iCrap? Then I could get a laptop and take my iCrap in the bathroom!
(the more savvy ones may know Control+V)
*AHEMcommand+vAHEM*
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*Ahem*
"Labeled."
No, they're saying that in businesses larger than 250 people, 1 in 5 computers are Macintoshes. That is a very, very different thing than "1 in 5 business desktops are macs." Some people work for companies that have fewer than 250 people.
Really, this makes sense to me: Every large (250+ employee) business I've worked for or at has had an in-house graphic design staff (using Macs). The only small (250 employee) businesses I've worked for that had any Mac users were advertising and other creative firms. Big businesses can support "non core" employees much more readily than smaller firms can.
Since I can't tell them apart, I treat all ACs as the same person.
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oh great. other people might not know the secrets of the x config file.
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