Re: Macs not used in business, part II



"ed" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:814271d6-e675-44df-a0e4-88860b12241e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jun 6, 2:45 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Seems like you might need to add things up again...

> actually, this article makes the situation LESS clear:
> 1- sharepoint portal server DOES get expensive, but it generally
> doesn't make much sense for a 25 person operation to use sharepoint
> portal server (which is aimed more at large enterprise wide
> deployments) - the regular, free (included in windows server)
> sharepoint services typically makes much more sense. unless there's a
> very specific need (not addressed in the article), it doesn't sound
> like they were making informed decisions.

And generally doesn't necessarily mean in this instance.

d'uh- you say that as if you're making a point- that is why i said
"generally," and not "always," or "in this instance."

All we know is
that a company hasn't talked about all its requirements in an web
article.

they discussed some requirements- and what was discussed iscertainly
not enough to justify the decisions made.

> 2- if they need something like sharepoint, what are they using to
> replicate the functionality on the mac side? they don't mention
> anything in the article, and if they're not replicating the
> functionality, it's kind of a bogus comparison / reason to switch, no?

I don't know, but neither does anyone here who's arguing they do know
that they don't need something that makes the Windows solution expensive.

correct, which is why it's a bogus comparison.

additionally, am i the only person that finds it odd that a 25 person
marketing and pr firm needs a cio?

No. I thought the same thing too and did a little research on her. According the her BIO posted on the company web site she's the COO of the company and has just about no experience with technology. Furthermore you'll see she's the EXACT type of person Apple targets and is the perfect patsy for the Apple Kool-Aid. What COO receives a quote for $100K and doesn't question it or think to obtain another one from someone else?

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