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I work for one of the biggest corporations in the world, and I can see the acceptance of Macs creeping in. There is at least active support for using Macs as t
by kokey 15y ago
I work for one of the biggest corporations in the world, and I can see the acceptance of Macs creeping in. There is at least active support for using Macs as terminals for Windows virtual desktops. That said, it's still a long way to go so it would be nice to see these things speeding up.
The quote "For the same reason they wouldn't wear cheap shoes and a bolo tie to meet with Lloyd's of London to insure their cargo ships and cranes" gave me a giggle. Hell is certainly freezing over, because it's now more of a case of Lloyds of London having to rely on the tax payer in jeans to keep them afloat.
- snorkel 15y agoI also worked for a big corp recently where IT would not issue a Mac to anyone unless they worked in a "creative area". Some of the Intranet tools were strictly IE-only too, as in changing your user agent to IE didn't help you at all. The silly part of the Windows-only IT policy is that it's intended to simplify IT support when in fact every week IT would broadcast alerts "EMERGENCY: Everybody must stop what you are doing and run this urgent security update!!!" That was a weekly ritual. Not to mention "New version of Office! Please install it!" ... two weeks later "Office update! Please install it" ... and so on. So glad to be back in a Mac world.
- smithian 15y agoYou worked at a company with a dysfunctional IT department. In non-dysfunctional IT departments, security updates application patches are installed automatically without user intervention.