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The article is correctThe article is correctPosted Mar 31, 2012 17:09 UTC (Sat) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: The article is correct by Pawlerson Parent article: Free is too expensive (Economist)
It certainly exists in enterprise. And more and more iPads pop in very 'enterprisy' roles.
For example, one of our suppliers uses iPads for inventory management. Its camera is more than enough to scan barcodes and large input surface allows workers to view all the shipment details at once.
They've used Win6.5-based devices before that, btw.
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The article is correct Posted Mar 31, 2012 20:07 UTC (Sat) by Pawlerson (guest, #74136) [Link]
I meant enterprise computing. ;)
The article is correct Posted Mar 31, 2012 21:02 UTC (Sat) by bats999 (subscriber, #70285) [Link]
True, iPads can be used to fill a company niche, but so could any number of tablets running free software. For any larger usage iPads still need support just as any other system. One does not simply purchase a crate of iPads and distribute them to a hospital staff, for example.
It's a bit off topic because the article is about desktop Linux (whatever that is), but why do those companies choose to use iPads?
The article is correct Posted Apr 2, 2012 16:00 UTC (Mon) by jedidiah (guest, #20319) [Link]
People may find that "legacy application support" is the key thing here. I saw someone who had been contemplating an iPad3 get very excited about a Win7 tablet over the weekend. This person has no love for Microsoft products and even tried defecting to Linux and then a Mac. Has also been disapointed by PhoneOS versions of desktop Windows apps.
It's not the platform. It's the killer apps. People will put up with a platform they detest over that.
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