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From this article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57469635-37/city-of-san-francisco-to-stop-buying-apple-computers/?tag=reddit http://news.cnet.com/8301-1357

From this article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57469635-37/city-of-san-francisco-to-stop-buying-apple-computers/?tag=reddit http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57469635-37/city-of-san-fr... "According to stats from the Journal, this won't be much of a blow to Apple. Only about 500 to 700, or 1 percent to 2 percent total, of San Francisco computers are Macs." So yeah, you'll have to pardon me if this strikes me as non-news.

elithrar 14y ago
> "According to stats from the Journal, this won't be much of a blow to Apple. Only about 500 to 700, or 1 percent to 2 percent total, of San Francisco computers are Macs." To expand on this, in 2010, the City of San Francisco spent $45k on Apple computing products in 2010[1]. Or, in other words: not much. [1] https://twitter.com/counternotions/status/222879894848282624 https://twitter.com/counternotions/status/222879894848282624
jmduke 14y ago
The bigger issue is that more organizations than just SF have EPEAT compliance standards -- notably universities.
- mojowo11 14y ago
  I don't disagree, but for some reason nobody seems to be writing that article, they're just writing about the city of San Francisco and hoping it feels important.
  - waa 14y ago
    Bloomberg's coverage extends the discussion a bit, and mentions purchasing policies at Universities as well as companies like Ford. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-11/apple-quitting-green-registry-leads-to-purchasing-fallout.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-11/apple-quitting-gree... Apple may be right in claiming EPEAT wasn't evolving - but large organizations with environmental targets & commitments to meet depend on standards rather than the non-scalable need to scrutinize & validate every individual vendor's approach.
nmridul 14y ago
The real damage will come from environmentally aware people. And this news has already taken center stage. Its a bad publicity for Apple specially now that the message is clear - "Go to hell with environment and recycling, we care only about our margin and our product."

elithrar 14y ago

> "According to stats from the Journal, this won't be much of a blow to Apple. Only about 500 to 700, or 1 percent to 2 percent total, of San Francisco computers are Macs." To expand on this, in 2010, the City of San Francisco spent $45k on Apple computing products in 2010[1]. Or, in other words: not much. [1] https://twitter.com/counternotions/status/222879894848282624 https://twitter.com/counternotions/status/222879894848282624

jmduke 14y ago

The bigger issue is that more organizations than just SF have EPEAT compliance standards -- notably universities.

mojowo11 14y ago
I don't disagree, but for some reason nobody seems to be writing that article, they're just writing about the city of San Francisco and hoping it feels important.
- waa 14y ago
  Bloomberg's coverage extends the discussion a bit, and mentions purchasing policies at Universities as well as companies like Ford. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-11/apple-quitting-green-registry-leads-to-purchasing-fallout.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-11/apple-quitting-gree... Apple may be right in claiming EPEAT wasn't evolving - but large organizations with environmental targets & commitments to meet depend on standards rather than the non-scalable need to scrutinize & validate every individual vendor's approach.

nmridul 14y ago

The real damage will come from environmentally aware people. And this news has already taken center stage. Its a bad publicity for Apple specially now that the message is clear - "Go to hell with environment and recycling, we care only about our margin and our product."