"OSIRIS" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I run a computer service company. My technicians are are well versed
> in the Microsoft and Linux worlds but not the Mac world, so I need
> advice for me to help a new client.
>
> Let me start by stating that I am not an anti-mac bigot. I just run a
> company that provides service to small to medium businesses and, so
> far, there has been no customer demand for Mac sup****t. Due to this
> we have no expertise in Macs (well, actually, one tech says he's
> networked some Macs together -- once -- a while back) From what I
> hear this is not too difficult with Macs, so I told him not to brag
> <grin>. At one point the client suggested they'd being willing to
> dump their Macs and switch to Windows, but I told him we'd try to find
> Mac based solutions first so they could continue with the platform
> they already know.
>
> Anyway: Like I said, I have a new client. They are a land speculating
> and property development company. The three principals of the company
> all use Mac laptops running OSX (sorry, I don't know what version).
> They tell me they are looking to accomplish sveral things:
>
> * Central storage. I suggested NAS or a File Server (options
> being XServe, Linux, Windows)
>
> * Remote access so they can access the central data from home or
> when they're on the road and also from a remote office they have set
> up.
>
> * A CRM/Sales Automation software package
>
> * Microsoft Project. I know MS hasn't ****ted this to Macs, so
> I'm looking for an equivalent that will work on OSX
>
> * Some sort of shared calendar or multiperson scheduling system
> (possibly included in one of the above items)
>
> Note: They have Microsoft Office already, if that helps
I guess you don't have enough headaches running your enterprise.
No one in the computer business, welcomes these machines. They seem to
have
a myriad of strange recurring, unfixable problems. But servicing Macs
will
bring in a cliental that you can overcharge at will, presupposing you can
even fix their machines. But, Steve Jobs bends them over, and they love
it.
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