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1 posted on 04/22/2008 1:45:15 AM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: 1234; 50mm; 6SJ7; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; aristotleman; af_vet_rr; Aggie Mama; ...
IT can no longer support their NO MACS position... PING!


Macs in IT Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

2 posted on 04/22/2008 1:47:09 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Swordmaker

DUF caM.

(reverse of Mac FUD)


3 posted on 04/22/2008 1:49:29 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (Duncan D Hunter for President ... 2012?)
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To: Swordmaker
Because Microsoft never released a version of IE for Mac OS X, Mac users were frozen out of ActiveX-based Web sites, making many SaaS (software as a service) offerings and enterprise-app Web clients off limits to the Mac.

Actually, Internet Explorer was available for Mac OS X for a while, without much support for ActiveX. Nobody misses it today.

4 posted on 04/22/2008 1:52:45 AM PDT by HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl"- Bill Clinton)
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To: Swordmaker

At last Mac is getting the respect it so richly deserves.


6 posted on 04/22/2008 3:12:07 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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To: Swordmaker
Microsoft is doing its part to help Apple achieve more market share.

Thanks Vista.

9 posted on 04/22/2008 3:19:41 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I wasn't in church during the time when the statements were made.")
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To: Swordmaker

Don’t care. I’ll work a Intel, Apple, Linux box. A tool is a tool. I don’t care if it’s 386 or quad core, just have some coffee.


10 posted on 04/22/2008 3:27:49 AM PDT by Leisler
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To: Swordmaker

The one place I remember pioneering using a Mac as a server a couple of years back is Virgina Tech.


11 posted on 04/22/2008 3:30:07 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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To: Swordmaker
No beer and no MACS make Homers Something, Something...

Go Crazy?...

..Don't mind if I do.


12 posted on 04/22/2008 3:48:19 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Swordmaker

Oh we already have Macs - they’re used by the flaky types in the art department.


13 posted on 04/22/2008 5:06:54 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Swordmaker

From what I’ve observed over the past 14 years in a computing environment that has both Macs and PCs, a shift to more Macs will put pressure on IT to downsize. I think that’s probably been behind much resistance to more Macs.


14 posted on 04/22/2008 5:11:43 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: Swordmaker

MACS ARE TOYS!


15 posted on 04/22/2008 5:22:27 AM PDT by Beckwith ('Typical White Person')
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To: Swordmaker
Seems to me I've been hearin' this noise for years.


17 posted on 04/22/2008 5:31:39 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter Lifetime ACU Rating: 92 (any combo will do, fellas))
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To: Swordmaker
The big problem is that to make Macs compatible with corporate environments you'll have to completely re-write many corporate software to be truly W3C-standards compliant, and that could end up being a very expensive proposition even if you out-source the development.
18 posted on 04/22/2008 5:36:10 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: Swordmaker
What is the difference between the Firefox and Camino browser?
19 posted on 04/22/2008 6:24:39 AM PDT by tubebender (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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I may buy a Mac someday, but only because Microsoft has crossed over my threshold of tolerance for their antics. I hate being bullied, I hate their arrogance, I hate Vista and I hate having to learn a new interface every time that M$ issues a new OS. Can’t they tweak under the hood without redesigning the dashboard? BTW, I am typing this from a Ubuntu Linux box.


25 posted on 04/22/2008 12:14:44 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
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