re enterprise needs
I think Apple is starting to see (e.g., with iPhone in enterprise) that some enterprise support is part of making some sales. I'll be interested to see whether Apple offers an Apple-backed push email/push contact/push calendar event or whether Apple will tell people that if they want this functionality they need what Oracle calls a "virus exchange".
I'm sure Apple will get shamed into offering the functionality. The question is just how fast. As Apple builds more enterprise stuff (including for its own internal consumption), Apple's expertise in the field should grow, and its ability to deliver and support this stuff should get better and better.
Hmm. You don't imagine that to avoid this scenario -- internal enterprise expertise -- Apple has hired consultants to build its internal operations out of Oracle products, do you? I keep seeing evidence of WebObjects behind the Apple Store and I imagine Apple eating its own dog food ... but ... I wonder whether this is a wrapper around some other tech like Oracle databases that keep Apple out of serious enterprise work.
It's hard to say anything about the rate at which changes will happen, but with Apple offering (more and more) products that have no place outside enterprises, it's clear that at some rate Apple will develop the internal expertise to really offer interesting things. Like someone said about a different issue, though: faster, please.
Take care,
--Tex.
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