Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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) > > -- > 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