From DSC:
Years ago people thought I was crazy by purchasing one of the only Mac’s in the entire University. But it was the right call then, and it’s the right call still. Don’t get me wrong. I use a PC w/ Windows XP constantly. I use Microsoft Office and it’s an excellent suite of applications. However, it’s not great for multimedia creation and Microsoft had/has some serious self-imposed strikes against it:
- Because of their ruthless way of doing business, Microsoft made it’s bed and now it’s lying in it
- They never lead in the world of the Internet — they didn’t before and they still don’t
- They didn’t believe they needed to play by others’ standards — they made whatever standards they had/wanted the defacto standards
- They didn’t innovate nor do they have the culture for innovation. In many ways, their culture is the wrong one for what’s needed today. The culture of an organization — and how one treats its customers — are extremely important. I always underrated the cultural piece; but in the last decade, I have seen how true that statement really is.
Back from March 12th:
