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IBM's Pilot Program For Internal Use of Macs

Posted by kdawson on from the thinking-different-than-blue dept.

geoffrobinson writes "Roughly Drafted has obtained internal IBM documents detailing the results of a small pilot program for internal use of Macs. Positive and negative results were detailed, but overall most participants were happy with their Mac experience. The pilot will be expanded this year. One advantage cited: less reliance on Windows. So it seems a mix of Macs, PCs, and Linux boxes are in IBM's future. Given the history between IBM and Microsoft, this is quite interesting."

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  1. 1984... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So, does this mean that Apple is now Big Brother?

  2. For Internal Application Only by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know Apple makes little "nano" iPods, but is it shipping actual Macintoshes small enough to be "used internally"? Byte-sized, even?

    (*rimshot* - I'm here all weekend, folks - try the veal)

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    1. Re:For Internal Application Only by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Little known fact:

      The goatse guy actually started his career after he tried to use one of the original Mac portables internally.

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  3. Re:Can you blame them? by eobanb · · Score: 2, Funny

    Especially that bug where capital Zs are mysteriously injected in things you type.

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  4. Re:Why wouldn't an engineer want a Mac? by bittmann · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have a whole building of Macs here using Active Directory. I won't say it's trouble-free, but it works fairly well.

    We have a whole building full of Windows XP machines here using Active Directory. I won't say it's trouble-free, but...never mind.

  5. IBM and Apple, whodathunk it (PPC) by starglider29a · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, it's not like IBM ever made processors for a Mac... oh, wait...

    What is more surprising is that they do this after Apple threw them over for Intel chips. Maybe it's one of those things where you get along better with yer Ex after the divorce than before.

    To appropriate "Married with Children":
    Peg: Would you rather have sex with A) Your wife...
    Al: B!

    where "your wife" = small values of Windows.

  6. Re:This is not really new by db32 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I was friends with a girl". Clearly this story is fabricated.

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  7. Re:This is not really new by lena_10326 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I was friends with a girl". Clearly this story is fabricated.
    Actually, it's quite plausible. Nerds tend to hear "let's just be friends" quite frequently.

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  8. Great! by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now they should start a pilot program to reduce the Lotus Notes-related suicide rate. Perhaps a bottle of vicodin gets delivered to your desk every time the app starts up...

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  9. Re:Why wouldn't an engineer want a Mac? by Jesus_666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have a bunch of DOS computers and each of them has a directory called ACTIVE. Works like a charm.

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