(Senator Mike) Lee's (Utah) all Mac

Salt Lake City Tribune ^ | Published on Jan 4, 2011 01:18PM | Thomas Burr

[Swordmaker]

For the first time ever, the U.S. Senate is allowing offices to ditch the PC and go Mac - and Sen. Mike Lee is totally going there.

Lee, a Utah Republican and the youngest senator, has an iPhone and boasts a large Mac screen on his desk in his new temporary office, and the rest of his staff have embraced the Apple as well.

"That's young and cutting edge," Lee's chief of staff, Spencer Stokes, joked.

Before this year, the Senate system didn't allow Macs, I'm told, but maybe Steve Jobs has convinced the new, more youthful upper chamber to join the cult.

Sen. Orrin Hatch's office, by the way, is still using Windows, but the senator does have an iPad and only gave up his iPhone when he got too frustrated with getting a signal in the Capitol.

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[Swordmaker]

The US Senate has gone back to allowing Macs in US Senator's Offices... great news... they can be more secure! PING!

Instead of my usual disclaimer, I'm going to remind all members of the Mac/Apple/iPhone/iPad list to support FreeRepublic... if we enjoy this forum, let's support it!

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Apple's in the Senate Ping!

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[freedumb2003]

So many popcorn threads tonight!!

My take: If the technology accomplishes the objective of the user (send email, browse the web, connect via Wifi, post to FR, view YouTube videos, download porn, etc.) then the PLATFORM DOESN'T MATTER TO ANYONE BUT GEEKS!

Yes, some stuff doesn't work on Windows and that may be the better platform for deploying and developing some applications. Yes, the Mac UI is a lot of fun and is like a little buddy that tags along with you and does what it does excellently. It is like choosing a database: IT DOESN'T MATTER ALL THAT MUCH!!

</Platform agnosticism rant>

[stripes1776]

Lee, a Utah Republican and the youngest senator, has an iPhone and boasts a large Mac screen on his desk in his new temporary office, and the rest of his staff have embraced the Apple as well.

Lee is obviously well informed.

[lurk]

Utah is the youngest population in the country, and there’s a ton of computer business in the state. Lee is not an old dude, and comes from the business fabric of the state.

[hoosierham]

!5 years ago the creative people including engineers at P&G used Macs,the bean counters used PCs;the bean counters forced the standardization on PCs.

[stripes1776]

15 years ago the creative people including engineers at P&G used Macs,the bean counters used PCs;the bean counters forced the standardization on PCs.

Interesting! It's too bad the managers didn't listen to the engineers.

[ReignOfError]

It's too bad the managers didn't listen to the engineers.

You've just summarized every Dilbert strip ever.

[stripes1776]

You've just summarized every Dilbert strip ever.

LOL

[ReignOfError]

My take: If the technology accomplishes the objective of the user (send email, browse the web, connect via Wifi, post to FR, view YouTube videos, download porn, etc.) then the PLATFORM DOESN'T MATTER TO ANYONE BUT GEEKS!

... and the people who have to keep it running.

Point well taken, though; that's why open standards should be the norm. If you're running a server-based application that won't run on Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS and smart phones, on any standards-compliant browser, the obvious question is why. The usual answer is because lazy IT folks couldn't be bothered.

As a side effect, complying to open standards is, and its growth in recent years has been, good for the Mac. Anything that erodes Microsoft lock-in helps alternative platforms.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Bumping your link to the Freepathon!
Let’s get ‘er done!
Donate monthly if you can!

And thank you, Swordmaker, for keeping us Mac folks up to date!
I really appreciate your expertise!