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Re:1Password Has Raised $620M by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:02AM (#29995380)
I can't remember a company that has served individuals and enterprises simultaeneously without one side getting a compromised offering.

One of the things I like about Apple is they don't really pander to the enterprise. They won't turn the business away but you can see it isn't a priority.

Re:1Password Has Raised $620M by bombcar on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @01:25PM (#29997794)
Microsoft does decently well here, and you can navigate this if you basically give individuals enterprise software.

The problem comes in when you try to cripple the home version so that small businesses, etc don't just use that.

Re:1Password Has Raised $620M by noirbot on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:24AM (#29995727)
I'm not sure this is true. If anything, they're the perfect example of how to do it right though, which is to have products that are business OR personal focused, and not generally both. The Mac Pro and the new monitors are both very clearly only a reasonable cost point/feature set for enterprise clients. The higher end Macbook Pros are similar, especially post redesign.

Almost everything Apple makes, "Pro" name aside, is either an enterprise offering where they're ok if random consumers buy it, or a consumer item where they don't mind if enterprises buy it. I have no interest in buying a reference monitor that costs more than my last 4 computers put together, but I could just go buy one, I guess.

Optimally, 1Password does the same thing. If companies want to buy their current offering (and my current employer does) that thusfar hasn't really messed with my personal use. If they come out with some Okta competitor in the future, I won't need to care about that either unless my company uses it. Optimistically, both products can be targeted to different markets.

Re:1Password Has Raised $620M by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @12:44PM (#29997058)
I'd distinguish between the professional market and enterprise.

Look at the lengths Microsoft goes to in order to maintain backwards compatibility for their enterprise customers, Apple in comparison just doesn't care.

Obviously I don't have access to the sales figures but my guess is most Mac Pros are going into audio/visual studios or else high net worth individuals. It's not the sort of thing enterprises will buy if they can avoid it.