Apple’s enterprise strategy the same as it ever was

The biggest problem I've encountered with Apple in a business setting is Open Directory. You give it the evil eye and it gets corrupted; requiring restoration from backup (You have a backup, right?). BerkleyDB just doesn't cut it. Apple's documentation and KB could use some major overhauls, too...<p>In contrast, I can drop kick a Windows 2003 server out the 12th Floor Window and Active Directory keep running, and if I do have problems the KB can at least give me a lead on finding a solution.

I think Apple will produce a surprise. They won't be able to hide it from Sun's investors, but I expect the first proper, public confirmation, product announcement, and strategy brief to be when Scott walks on stage, shakes hands with Steve, and announces that Apple owns Sun.<p>Yes, Sun OSS'd a bunch of stuff, but they did it in a way that protects their kernel level IP from being integrated with Linux. That's still valuable to Apple (hell, it even ties in nicely with Darwin). But not as valuable as the relationships Sun has with large enterprise customers that still don't yet use Linux for everything.