Comments on: There Goes The Neighborhood http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/ Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:26:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Macs and PCs Can Coexist! Who Knew?!?! (GBrenna.com) http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-54981 Macs and PCs Can Coexist! Who Knew?!?! (GBrenna.com) Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:51:44 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-54981 [...] I finally got home last night and found this blog post by Zac from NewSpring titled There Goes The Neighborhood. Check it out! Our Saviour’s is currently a little behind the times technology-wise and I am [...] [...] I finally got home last night and found this blog post by Zac from NewSpring titled There Goes The Neighborhood. Check it out! Our Saviour’s is currently a little behind the times technology-wise and I am [...]

]]> By: Judy http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-52523 Judy Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:03:42 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-52523 I love Vista and the gadgets! Thought I was the only lone Vista supporter. Also, really enjoying your blog, exciting things are on your horizon, and fun to read about all the great internet potential. I can see that God is going to use you in many powerful and innovative ways! I love Vista and the gadgets! Thought I was the only
lone Vista supporter. Also, really enjoying your blog, exciting things are on your horizon, and fun to read about all the great internet potential. I can see that God is going to use you in many powerful and innovative ways!

]]> By: Macs and PCs Can Coexist! Who Knew?!?! « Graham Tech http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-52227 Macs and PCs Can Coexist! Who Knew?!?! « Graham Tech Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:53:49 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-52227 [...] So I finally got home last night and found this blog post by Zac from NewSpring titled There Goes The Neighborhood. Check it out! Our Saviour’s is currently a little behind the times technology-wise and I am also acting as the IT specialist… We have a team of old and outdated desktop PCs cranking away as access terminals to our server farm. We use Citrix which allows us to keep old and crappy computers employed in what really is a young computer’s market. I mean… don’t get me wrong… I’m happy that we’re able to provide jobs for the old and the weary… but my eyes are always being dazzled by the newest sexiest computer system… dreaming of a day when all of our employees would have new computers and a server system that would allow them to utilize some local functionality. [...] [...] So I finally got home last night and found this blog post by Zac from NewSpring titled There Goes The Neighborhood. Check it out! Our Saviour’s is currently a little behind the times technology-wise and I am also acting as the IT specialist… We have a team of old and outdated desktop PCs cranking away as access terminals to our server farm. We use Citrix which allows us to keep old and crappy computers employed in what really is a young computer’s market. I mean… don’t get me wrong… I’m happy that we’re able to provide jobs for the old and the weary… but my eyes are always being dazzled by the newest sexiest computer system… dreaming of a day when all of our employees would have new computers and a server system that would allow them to utilize some local functionality. [...]

]]> By: Missional Churches, Macs, CEOs and More | TonyMorganLive.com http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-52194 Missional Churches, Macs, CEOs and More | TonyMorganLive.com Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:08:32 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-52194 [...] Zac wrote about our shift in IT strategy. Yes, we believe Macs and PCs can coexist. And, if you want my opinion, I think the shift to using Google for email, calendar, docs, etc. has made the Mac/PC shift a lot easier. [...] [...] Zac wrote about our shift in IT strategy. Yes, we believe Macs and PCs can coexist. And, if you want my opinion, I think the shift to using Google for email, calendar, docs, etc. has made the Mac/PC shift a lot easier. [...]

]]> By: Herschel http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-52084 Herschel Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:58:44 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-52084 Ahh, salesmen... just give them pencil and paper! Ahh, salesmen… just give them pencil and paper!

]]> By: zac http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-52083 zac Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:50:34 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-52083 Yeah -- we are fortunate here to be small enough where we can support multiple platforms. Sun allows users to pick their laptop -- there was a massive amount of Macs interspersed with Windows -- but the users were responsible for support. You would think this was only for advanced users -- but it was for sales guys too! Yeah — we are fortunate here to be small enough where we can support multiple platforms. Sun allows users to pick their laptop — there was a massive amount of Macs interspersed with Windows — but the users were responsible for support. You would think this was only for advanced users — but it was for sales guys too!

]]> By: Herschel http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-52081 Herschel Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:01:52 +0000 http://www.hello-righton.com/2008/12/01/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-52081 It doesn't really matter anymore. PC versus MAC. What really matters is the DATA. Can user A and user B exchange the DATA. Microsoft made sure that the Office suite works the same on the PC and Mac. They know that their bottom line depends on old boring Mr. PC and Cool Mac Dude being able to read each other's documents and spread sheets. One can easily argue that the applications and tools that people use everyday are really about the same on both platforms. Only the artists will still say the Mac is a better platform for them. Now if you have an employee who wants to use a Linux platform for their day to day? Well, I'd be scared of them because they most likely are a hundred times smarter than you! But that could be good as well, huh? But with the open policy it is good to see that NewSpring isn't a closed minded organization. But in the big enterprise defense, could you imagine supporting 10K people with different platforms? It doesn’t really matter anymore. PC versus MAC.

What really matters is the DATA. Can user A and user B exchange the DATA. Microsoft made sure that the Office suite works the same on the PC and Mac. They know that their bottom line depends on old boring Mr. PC and Cool Mac Dude being able to read each other’s documents and spread sheets.

One can easily argue that the applications and tools that people use everyday are really about the same on both platforms. Only the artists will still say the Mac is a better platform for them.

Now if you have an employee who wants to use a Linux platform for their day to day? Well, I’d be scared of them because they most likely are a hundred times smarter than you! But that could be good as well, huh?

But with the open policy it is good to see that NewSpring isn’t a closed minded organization.

But in the big enterprise defense, could you imagine supporting 10K people with different platforms?

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