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Subject: [Shop-talk] computer virus question
From: hillman at planet-torque.com (David Hillman)
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 16:56:22 -0500 (EST)
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2012, Scott wrote:
> Like I said, my first computer was an Apple IIe...but if I see you with an 
> Apple product in a business environment now, you'd better damn well be 
> working at Pixar or ILM. I'm not doing business with you otherwise.

Scott,

    You need to widen your horizons more than a little bit.  I do my work 
on Windows and Solaris machines, but I could do it all on my personal 
MacBook Pro.  I have in the past, both at this company, and previous... 
none of which were Pixar or ILM, or even in that industry.  Half the 
management here runs around with iPads now, and most of the rest have 
iPhones.

    More to the point, I could walk into your 'business environment' 
running Windows on a Mac.

    If you still think Apples are toys, you are about a decade behind. 
iPhones come with a Cisco v.5 VPN client that is unavailable on any other 
Smartphone, so if you want to do real remote work with a phone, you need 
an Apple.

    I am not a huge Apple fan, especially since I found out last weekend 
that no one there has a passing familiarity with basic security 
principles, but they are no longer just for iTunes.

--
  David Hillman

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