Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak Focus now Apple v. Windows
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 22:15:51 -0700
References: <BB9CFD79.45F13%mak@teleport.com>

Mark and Nathan

Why are MAC users so defensive?  It seems to be like a cult.
(I almost said "religion", but that subject is a No-No)

Jerry



Mark Kronquist wrote:

> on 9/28/03 8:52 PM, Nathan Wajsman at n.wajsman@chello.nl wrote:
>
> > Mark,
> >
> > Since 1987 I have worked for an electric utility in Tampa; for AT&T in New
> > Jersey and in
> > Europe; for Swiss Re in Zurich; as a self-employed consultant in Zurich; and
> > now for a
> > telecoms/internet company in the Netherlands and Spain. In those jobs I have
> > had dealings with
> > hundreds of customers, suppliers and business partners in Europe, North
> > America and Asia.
> > Every single one of them with one exception (a small consulting firm in Paris)
> > used DOS and
> > Windows-based computers. In the real world of business, outside some very
> > specialized niches,
> > Apple simply does not exist. Whether we like it or not is irrelevant. Windows
> > is the de facto
> > standard for the vast majority of the world's businesses.
> >
>
> And Apple sets the standard and blazes a trail of innovation. That is their
> strength. Apple is not reactionary. It is revolutionary time and time again
> (iPod anyone)
>
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