10-04-2011, 05:14 PM
ztirffritz wrote:
Tell him that when Microsoft releases a tool to allow him to update Windows PCs natively from a Mac you'll show him how to do the same from a PC for a Mac. MS has WSUS for updating PCs, which is great but it still requires a Windows Server to run it. He isn't necessarily a douchebag. He's just incapable of visualizing a world that doesn't revolve around MS. Some people never new a world before Windows. To them, OS X is an 'invader' rather than a rescuer.
There is a way to live in that world without an unwarranted condescending tone. I've been in plenty of places that either: a) Realize that while their network of over 200 PCs might have 3 Macs on it, the people using the Macs (usually the graphics and marketing folks) need to be treated with the same respect and support as everyone else, so while their budget won't support specific Mac training or a staff Mac guy, they will hire an indy like me to service those folks occasionally and give him reasonable access an cooperation; or
b) they will have a "we don't do Macs" policy and simply choose not to deal with it at all. I think they are wrong but I can respect that decision and turn around and go to my next client.
This guy is in between those extremes but makes you sit down in his office with the people whose workload is backed up and talk down to you about how you don't need to use Macs (regardless of the fact that these people have a many year long well established workflow) because "they cannot be made as secure." He doesn't have to have an attitude about it.