Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, depending on your line of work with Cisco. For regular stuff "plug & play" is feasible, but if you are into software engineering, I very much doubt lugging the iBook will get you very far trouble-shooting for your global customers. Even at Apple where I once worked, you need a PC trying to integrate with OEM suppliers outside of the Apple domain. Another example is the incorporation of SAP into Apple's business systems and it took over 5 years because of the Apple culture that demanded the GUI front end running strictly on the Mac. Instead of just using the SAP software, Apple had to spend millions rewriting a lot of the SAP GUI modules, and then it became obsolete when the modifications were done because the rest of the SAP world moves forward continuously, to a point SAP now says they cannot support Apple's customized modules. - --- Mark Kronquist <mak@teleport.com> wrote: > My 15 iBook travelled to 41 states and countries > last year. with Soft PC it > was plug and play (OS X) everyhere but on one or two > old Novell LANs and > there all they had to do was install a Mac driver on > the server. Airport > (WiFi) makes integration even easier > > > > In the real world, you do need a PC. When I was > > working for Apple (consulting), projects and > > applications were all integrated with the Mac. No > > problem there. But in our globalization of > business, > > if you lug your Powerbook to different parts of > the > > world, chances are you're waisting precious time > just > > trying to integrate your Mac to a different > > environment, if at all successfully on even > projects > > relating to Apple. You really should look at the > > world, or as Steve Jobs inappropriately trying to > have > > us believe that Mac users, "THINK DIFFERENTLY". > > > > --- Adam Bridge <abridge@mac.com> wrote: > >> On 1/16/03 Henry Ting wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Actually you need both systems. Trust me, > >> regardless > >>> of what Steve Jobs says. > >>> > >> > >> Gee - all these years and now I find out I need a > >> PC. > >> > >> I don't think so. > >> > >> Adam > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html