Good advice! (was: Re: [Ti] Windows compatable)

[Chris Olson]

On Jan 13, 2006, at 9:50 PM, Thomas Fulton wrote:

> So you are saying I should spend my whole computerized life in a  
> Windoze environment just because one software  product won't port  
> to the right OS........Amazing case of dramatic missed the point  
> syndrome, eh?

It depends on what that software application is.  Because otherwise  
you could have an amazing case of dramatic missed the boat syndrome.

Example:
If you're an engineer, and your main application is AutoCAD I'd say  
you're loony of you try to tell me "it's the only Windows application  
I use so I'll run it in VirtualPC on my Mac, or run it in WINE on  
Mandriva Linux".  You belong on a Windows machine.

Business and Enterprise works the same way - companies buy software  
solutions and get support from vendors like AutoDesk or ESRI.  They  
don't rush to the Apple Store and buy 250 Macs for the engineering  
dept just because they think they're better than Windows.  Then throw  
their hands in the air and complain because ESRI ArcView isn't  
available for Mac.  They buy a software solution from ESRI to do the  
job, and they compare many different vendors and bids before making a  
purchase decision and signing support agreements.  The software  
solution dictates the operating environment required to run it, both  
client and client/server.

The fact is, you can call it Windoze, M$, or what ever other little  
grammatical slurs you want to throw at it, and it doesn't change the  
fact that the business world runs on Microsoft software, and millions  
upon millions of people use it every day to get the job done.   
Usually without any of the horrible consequences that platform  
evangelists like to portray.  The Mac is merely an alternative  
operating environment that works well for maybe 3-5% of the computing  
population.  The day I can go to my local OfficeMax and see as many  
software titles on the shelf for Mac as I do Windows is the day the  
Mac will be a VIABLE alternative for the general computing population.

-- 
Chris

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