Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro
by photosinensis on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @04:22PM
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I've found that most servers in business environments are Linux-based, not Windows-based. It's significantly cheaper to spin up CentOS licenses for cost centers.
Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro
by WorldWideWayne on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @06:05PM
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Shipments of Windows servers has been dominating for years - http://www.computerworld.com/article/2469469/network-softwar...
Those statistics are old and useless. How many linux servers are "sold" before use?
Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro
by WorldWideWayne on Thursday September 10, 2015 @12:43PM
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They're better than bullshit anecdotes.
Business environment is not Windows servers and workstations anymore. It's web apps, services and APIs. If it all Windows & MS stack, you better be worried.
iPad also has the advantage of being sexy these days even to more old fashioned types. See the push to use them in 1:1 programs in high schools, even though the amount of writing/typing involved in most high school classes would seem to recommend something with a good keyboard...
You need Macs to build iOS software. Meanwhile, you can find Visual Studio already being employed in most business IT shops to build custom desktop and web software. I can't remember the last time I saw a job ad for an iOS developer that wasn't for a one-off gig or a mobile apps shop (or a marketing agency).