Something tells me there are deeper pockets south of the border. |
the end of shrink-wrapped software in a box and the start of the Internet-based services era. It marks a turning point in the industry. |
They remove one of the last remaining barriers to adoption by traditionally conservative IT managers. The prospect of Unix-based Mac OS X on standardized Intel hardware can offer multi-platform advantages for administrators and developers alike. The shift toward slow growth in business-focused Mac adoption has begun. |
They wouldn't announce this unless it was ready for prime time. |
Twenty-five billion frankly doesn't surprise me. In the U.S. alone, right now there are about 3 million users who would potentially be affected. One million of those are government and law-enforcement workers who would presumably be exempt -- so, say, 2 million people who are essentially addicted to their Blackberries, and without them their business would basically evaporate. |