Letter from the CEO
"Dealing with Mac Creep"?
By Robert Pritchett
Mac Creep
Jason Brooks wrote an article in eWeek Magazine titled, "Dealing with Mac Creep",
pages 34-38. I found the title rather provocative but the content was pretty
good regarding Macs in the enterprise and how much easier Mac OS X has become
regarding co-existing in a heterogeneous environment with each release.
But he comes form the Windows Server side and Active
Directory Domain members with Mac OS X entities being subservient to a
Windows-dominant environment. The real challenge is still having a Mac run them
without having to resort to either Coherence (Parallels) or Unity (VMWare) and
added overhead of extra Microsoft licenses and using anti-virus software in
either virtual or dual-boot modes. Thankfully, he kept it short.
But looking at the title again, do we look at it as
"Dealing with Macs, Creep", is the Mac user a creep? Are Macs creepy?
Or is it that Windows folks feel threatened with Mac systems sneaking in under
the tent flaps of their environment?
Get used to it.
Mother's Day
This is the month for honoring mothers. Face it, unless you
are a test-tube baby, you would not be here without one. Any female can birth
babies, but only those that rear and nurture children can be given the title as
"Mother". I have one. My wife is one. And giving birth is not, nor
ever has been easy. My wife went through a lot of miscarriages and according to
the medical profession, was never supposed to be able to give birth. We have
three great daughters who are miracle children.
Women who choose to take on this roll go into the valley of
death each time and usually, but not always, rise from it with a little new
life-changing person in their arms. Honor those precious women who choose to give
life, rather than take it.
Those who buy into the notion that they can forestall
family, in order to excel in a career, are being sold a bill of goods. Don’t
buy it. Have your family and ignore those who desire to limit population. They
are wrong. Look at their agenda and fight it.
Paying for macCompanion
Of all those who read our magazine last month a sum total of
1 person actually found it in her heart to donate $1 USD to keep this magazine
afloat. One. We did get feedback regarding our unprofessionalism and amateurism
as a publication, due to things like typos, format and our unathoritative
approach to doing reviews and columns and "hominess". We were told it
was not worth paying $1.
macCompanion magazine
is published each month by and through an all-volunteer organization. My
comeback is that yes, we are not all "professional" writers and
editors, but we are learning as we move forward and share our personal
experiences with hardware and software we purchase. So yes, I do take it personally
when we get criticized. I take it personally that our publication apparently is
not worth even $1 per month to the vast majority of our readership. We deal
with the cards we've been given.
No, we do not fill our pages full of fluff and eye-candy. We
can be controversial. We still believe content is king. When errors are found,
we correct them. At least you know our publication is not produced by
automatons and robotics, but produced by real live people that have real live
experiences that they enjoy sharing with you. You can share too.
By the way, how many people don't give a second thought to
buying music in the iTunes Music Store for that same $1?
If you promise to donate $1 to us, we promise we will
continue to publish our thoughts and feelings about the best computer platform
on earth!
We are grownups. Tell us what you think. We can take it and
respond to your comment with the careful, considerate attention they deserve.
Way Cool Followup!
The "Letter from the CEO" is actually read by real human beings (not a snarky remark).
A number of you have already donated not just $1, not just $2, but tens of dollars at a time so far this month. You are so awesome!
From the bottom of my heart, I thank each of you. You made my day!! I really mean that with all sincerity.
