Re: [Fed-Talk] "User" v. "Consumer" v. "Enterprise"
Re: [Fed-Talk] "User" v. "Consumer" v. "Enterprise"
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] "User" v. "Consumer" v. "Enterprise"
- From: Boyd Fletcher <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:18:12 -0500
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] "User" v. "Consumer" v. "Enterprise"
Title: Re: [Fed-Talk] "User" v. "Consumer" v. "Enterprise"
On 12/29/08 10:16 PM, "Rex Sanders" <email@hidden> wrote:
Here's the simple truth: Enterprise hates surprises. It's not what they
want. Enterprise wants predictability. They want to know when, what, how
much, and that it will be all new and cool, yet change nothing. (Yes that's
contradictory. Have you ever tried to use "Enterprise Software?" Winning
usability awards is so not happening there.) And they want to know
everything in detail a year ahead of time. Can anyone seriously imagine how
long Apple would survive under that model? Right, not long.
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I would rather have Apple keep surprising us, and not turn into another
HP/IBM/Dell/Microsoft.
-- Rex
What would be interesting if Apple would take what others like Sun, Dell, IBM, MS, and HP have learned and figure out how to do the enterprise better than anyone else. Some of Apple’s ideas on UI and ease of use could really have a major impact on reducing the cost to deploy IT in the enterprise but Apple is also going to have to give on some issues like :
- no cameras, no bluetooth
- onboard smartcard readers
- enterprise class authentication/authorization with smartcards and against AD
- enterprise class servers (not these tiny 2 socket boxes)
- enterprise class apps, - Apple Mail/AB/iCal are still not integrated (MS proved back in 1998 that users prefer an integrated app!)
- enterprise class developer and help desk support including how to do return (going to an apple store or send the laptop/system back to apple to get fixed is not satisfactory in a SMB or enterprise)
- enterprise class policy management – AD GPO actually are quite beneficial and powerful
- better support for Java. 1.5 years to get Java 6 out the door is not acceptable.
- official support for .Net – perhaps via Mono. .net is here to stay so either adopt it or be left out and made irrelevant.
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