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• this is now considered news?
  get real. every large comapny that sells new proucts to the business market does TCO studies (Total Cost of Ownership) to show how the latest products reuce costs an or increase effeciencies.
  
  As far as the idea of using Macs-- read the vulnerability reports from CERT and figure out how long it takes Apple to fix their flaws. They have no security problems accoring to your comments - get the FACTS before writing inaccurate editorials you call reporting. Didn't you learn that in college?
  
  Additional point - what enterprise management tools does Apple have to deploy, update and manage Macs in a medium to large company. Sure lets buy everyone at Ford a MAc and then have to walk around to each of the 40,000+ desktops and install applications 1 at a time. Then you can walk around every week to every desktop and take an inventory of the software installed to be sure your company is not liable for pirated software - just in case a user installs software they brought from home.
  
  Then there is the idea of securing the computer. How do you monitor and report for compliance of government mandated bills such as SOX and HIPPA? Not sure how to do that on a Mac? - yeah me either. What about securing data through centrally managed encryption and rights management - not sre about that either on a Mac.
  
  It seems as though the MAc is geared very much toward the consumer market where you will get 1-10 Mac's in a house or small business. I would like to see the TCO on running a fleet of 1,000-10,000 Macs in a single envirnment. How many admins would it take, how long to roll out, how long to upgrade? How long to wait before you actually get business software written?
  
  I say give eveyone an Etch-a-Sketch. That way they will be truly secure. No security holes, no way to steal data, to reboot - just shake it. In reply to: "Microsoft starts a "Get the Facts" campaign...against itself"

  September 9, 2007

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