One company's progress toward a Mac future
I talked a few weeks ago about how Alfresco has gone from Dell to the Mac in the space of one year (and dragged along Zimbra and other Mac-friendly applications to make the process more enjoyable). Two years ago, we had only one Mac (mine). Today, we have a majority of Macs.
Of course, it's one thing to talk about it, and quite another to see it. Here's a picture from this week's management meeting in London:

Alfresco embraces the Mac
(Credit: John Newton)It only takes one...to create many converts. There is simply no credible reason to hold back on adopting the Mac anymore. It's perhaps the best open-source development platform for those who want the power of Unix/Linux with the ease of use of Mac OS X. It runs Windows, if that's your thing.
In that little room I believe we're seeing the future of the desktop. If you don't believe me, check out this little room. It's called a classroom. And it's awash in Macs. Many, many Macs.
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"It's perhaps the best open-source development platform for those who want the power of Unix/Linux with the ease of use of Mac OS X. It runs Windows, if that's your thing."
And the reason it runs windows has nothing to do with it being a MAC but because Windows has so many hardware vendors out there that have it's drivers. OSX is locked down to Apple hardware (illegally I might add because of USA anti-trust laws).
Thus it is the most CLOSED souce of a vendor out there.
Alfresco is basically a web based solutions company and probably operates off its own model. This allows them to use almost ANY product that access the web.
Now without having an infrastructure to manage and only webservers, the need for a PC is not great. But take away their connection or have a poor one, those nice shiny macs become useless.
And if they only need a web accessing computer, why pick the overly expensive MAC? If they did a cost comparison analysis, they would see, they just threw a nuch of money away for a few managers "bright" idea who probably could not see past an Apple logo if their lives depended on it!
Monopolistic? Sure, Apple has a monopoly on their products in the same way that Lamborghini has a monopoly on the Gallardo, but that's not really a monopoly, is it? There are viable substitutes to Apple, just as there are viable substitutes to the Gallardo. And if there is no monopoly, there is no anti-trust issue.
Anyway, more corporations should be looking at installing Macs. The tech support teams will be grateful, and the users will no doubt enjoy the flexibility and reliability that the Mac offers.
Get over it. Apple products are great, and attention to detail is starting to pay huge dividends for them.