Interesting reading all the responses that this post generated. Some emotional and very thoughtful. One point not made is that Apple does not provide the same type of support and advance look on products to enterprises that Microsoft does, it seems to ignore the business market in favor or providing the consumer with the "wow" factor. And then let consumers work to get Macs, iphones, etc. into the enterprise. It avoids marketing to the enterprise. This is one point that is constantly made in the computer trade press, that Apple seems to intentionally ignore the enterprise market. This doesn't imply that their products are appropriate or not, just that they don't really market to enterprises. So most enterprises will not put any priority in implementing their products. John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.org/ ) >>> "Drury Wellford" <DWellford at moc.org> 6/24/2009 11:23 AM >>> Help! The Museum of the Confederacy is seeking advice from fellow museum professionals. We are starting a digitization project, and are beginning by scanning over 6000 original photographs we have in our collection. We are looking at buying a 24" iMac, but are now addressing concerns about whether Mac software will be compatible with the museum's PC-based server, and whether we will be able to integrate Mac image files with our PC-based Collections databases. We plan to store the images on an external hard drive as well, but again are wondering how difficult it will be to retrieve the images and use them on PC software. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot, and sorry if this question is a repeat of one that has been asked of the listserv a million times before. Drury Wellford Ann Drury Wellford Photo Services Manager The Museum of the Confederacy 1201 East Clay Street Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: (804) 649-1861 x17 Fax: (804) 644-7150 www.moc.org _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
