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Originally Posted by HC_Chief
I read your "middle management" rants and agree, middle managers (typically) suck, but they are NOT the people making the decisions: executives are. Why is it the executives are foregoing Apple products for Windows? (Rhetorical question; we all know why: broader hardware base, much better price point, lower TCO, greater ROI, MUCH broader application support.
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I agree that execs are making the decisions.
I disagree with almost all of your reasons why.
The number 1 reason to choose Windows? I already have so much of an install base I CAN'T change even if I wanted to. Organizations, especially in this economy, don't want risk and change is risk.
The hardware base is broader and the hardware costs initially are lower. However, your assertions on TCO and ROI are debatable AT BEST.
The simple fact is that further Microsoft purchases leverage the existing install base and no exec ever got fired giving business to Microsoft.