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You're thinking in terms of a 2005 business model. Even government organizations are buying lots of iPhones, even though Apple is an obnoxious vendor for those

by Duff 14y ago

You're thinking in terms of a 2005 business model. Even government organizations are buying lots of iPhones, even though Apple is an obnoxious vendor for those organizations to deal with. Microsoft sells stuff these days by bundling product licensing. So unless Apple does something really dumb, you're not going to see enterprises mandating anything Microsoft mobile other than ActiveSync anytime soon.

AutoCorrect 14y ago
ehh, Microsoft will fall back on the old tried and true: Change apis for each successive version of Exchange, and make minor api changes during patches - just enough to cause Apple products to work inconsistently, and make sure Windows Phone X stays up to date with the changes. Corporations are too stupid as a group to see what's being done to them, so they will drop Apple like yesterday's news and join the Microsoft death-cult.
- excuse-me 14y ago
  Or they could just change the license terms banning any non-ms product from connecting, for 'security reasons' The only reason not to is a DoJ monopoly investigation - and Apple would have a task persuading the government that they are the victims of monopolies in the smartphone world!
- tomkarlo 14y ago
  Good luck telling corporate users that just a few years after you've allowed iPhones and/or Android phones as their devices on your exchange server, you're going to ban them. It was easier for things like this to happen back when everyone was carrying a company-issue blackberry (because blackberries were too expensive for most consumers.) These days, companies are increasingly just letting their employees connect personal devices onto their exchange servers (with policy management) and enjoying the savings from not having to pay for the device, data, or both. I can't see either group (companies and employees) being happy about reversing this trend.

by Duff 14y ago

AutoCorrect 14y ago

ehh, Microsoft will fall back on the old tried and true: Change apis for each successive version of Exchange, and make minor api changes during patches - just enough to cause Apple products to work inconsistently, and make sure Windows Phone X stays up to date with the changes. Corporations are too stupid as a group to see what's being done to them, so they will drop Apple like yesterday's news and join the Microsoft death-cult.

excuse-me 14y ago
Or they could just change the license terms banning any non-ms product from connecting, for 'security reasons' The only reason not to is a DoJ monopoly investigation - and Apple would have a task persuading the government that they are the victims of monopolies in the smartphone world!
tomkarlo 14y ago
Good luck telling corporate users that just a few years after you've allowed iPhones and/or Android phones as their devices on your exchange server, you're going to ban them. It was easier for things like this to happen back when everyone was carrying a company-issue blackberry (because blackberries were too expensive for most consumers.) These days, companies are increasingly just letting their employees connect personal devices onto their exchange servers (with policy management) and enjoying the savings from not having to pay for the device, data, or both. I can't see either group (companies and employees) being happy about reversing this trend.