Now this is nice. IBM piloted using Macs in the IBM office. Currently IBM uses Microsoft Windows. The users are very positive (no surprise here). Not all users were that happy. One of the Mac pilot users visited customers offsite. His remark: “When presenting at customer or external meetings, I have been greeted with the ‘wow factor.’ ‘Where’s the ThinkPad, IBM uses Apples now?’”. Most pilot users (19 out of 22) wanted to keep the Mac for their daily business. This was despite some software that they needed but didn’t work on their Macs:

• IBM’s own DB2 database and Websphere application server
• IBM’s Rational Application Developer IDE for J2EE apps
• IBM’s WebSphere Integration Developer SOA development tool
• support for IBM’s InfoPrint workgroup laser printers
• Microsoft Visio diagraming software and NetMeeting video conferencing tool

This article has some nice quotes from the pilot users. Way to go IBM! Give it a positive swing: “Mac OS X the best alternative for OS/2″.

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