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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple's in trouble again
Date: 31 Jan 2015 20:22:35 GMT
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On 2015-01-31, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 15-01-31 11:07, Jolly Roger wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure how you think that changes anything. Apple and IBM are
>> attempting to make corporate inroads by collaborating to bring
>> enterprise-level apps to iOS devices.
>
> I'll rephrase that: IBM wants to keep its corporate customers who are
> seeing a move to Apple products, so IBM integrates support and apps for
> idevices into its own ecosystem.
>
> Apple, lacking the genes to go into corporate business gets its foot in
> the door via IBM. But IBM is the bigger winner in this.

That's your opinion. I'm not so sure who the bigger winner will be just
yet. One could argue IBM needs it more than Apple does.

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