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Hi, I'm a Mac, and I'm Your Enterprise Computer
Esther Schindler writes "Not just another 'why big companies should adopt Macs' article, CIO is running a piece assuming that Macs are already on the way in the door. Hi, I'm a Mac, and I'm Your Enterprise Computer offers advice to IT managers about how to integrate Apple systems into the existing IT infrastructure, and offers hints from leading Mac OS X experts on configuring those systems once they've arrived. '[A] key element in corporate Macintosh adoption is the importance of third-party software and custom solutions. They can help smooth the way for integrating Macs onto the network. While specialists say they wish third-party support were greater, the openness of the Mac makes correcting issues possible. Don't discount the lure of the well-worn path that draws and then traps your IT staff into familiar habits.'"
so is linux
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The reasons for people to switch from heroin to liquor are as personal, or unique, as is any shift in religion. For some, the motivation is to move away from needles. Others are influenced by mates desire for the style and functionality of alcoholism. But whatever the reason for the migration, the attraction must be backed by frivolous intoxication and gratious nudity.
Thank you.
FORD: "Found On Road, Dead"
FORD: "Fix Or Repair Daily"
FORD: "Frequently Overhauled, Rarely Driven"
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
I defended my trusty Ford below, but I have a good Honda anecdote.
We used to own a 91 Honda Accord. I really liked that car.
My wife is the typical ditsy driver - completely oblivious to any of the instruments aside from the speedometer.
She was driving the Accord about 40 miles out of town on a sweltering 105 degree day in August. I get a call from her that the car "just died". I ask her to describe the symptoms. She does and I conclude that the car probably just overheated. She then mentions, 'oh yeah, I saw the temperature gauge go way up, but I just kept driving it because I didn't want to stop'. Great.
So I get in my trusty Ford (haha), and speed over to where she is. The car stars right up by then but the temperature gauge quickly shoots up, as the radiator was completely empty. I fill up the radiator and the car starts, but I find that I can't go past third gear and have to keep the RPM about 3500 to keep the engine going. After about 40 minutes of driving we arrive at her parents house which is 20 miles away.
Upon inspection, I find that one of the spark plug boots (which extend about 6 inches into the engine block) have completely melted off and severed from the plug, and the other three boots have also melted down, and were glued to the engine block. I use needle-nose pliers and fish out as many pieces of the boots as I can, and then replace them all.
To my surprise, after that, the car ran great, but it was losing water out of the radiator at an alarming rate. We decided to buy a new car, but before doing that and friend and I took the engine out to see if there was anything we could do to salvage it. It turned out the previous owners of the car had never bothered to put anti-freeze into the radiator and as a result the engine block has been slowly eaten away by corrosion over ten years. The liquid in the radiator was being burned off almost instantly due to the heat escaping from the corroded engine block. My wife just "finished the job".
Anyhow, I guess the moral of the story is that it takes a lot of work to kill a Honda.
I don't always use unix-like operating systems; but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.