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• Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil  Other than the fact that they were, as all quarterly reports from 1995 to 2001 show.   Quote: http://daringfireball.net/2013/10/design_quality_as_a_sustainable_advantage Gruber: During the ’90s, Apple…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil      Yeah, we’ve already said otherwise.    Didn’t; their products were already making it back.   That’d be why Steve Jobs axed the entire product line when he returned and completely revamped the business.…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    And at what point did I say anything about the stock price? You’re to look at ’95’s reports for a reference where they were, then where they went. Microsoft’s investment didn’t earn them any money.   I…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil  Quote: Technically it was Microsoft's $150 investment that pulled Apple from the brink. But that's another story.     No, technically you don’t have the first clue what you’re talking about. If you wan…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Technically it was Microsoft's $150 investment that pulled Apple from the brink. But that's another story. http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/08/dayintech_0806/   Apple's Macs aren't responsible for the huge turn to profitability. Its was Apple…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Regarding Windows 8.1 device management benefits:   Quote: http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/business/archive/2013/09/30/delta-rolling-out-surface-2-with-windows-rt-8-1-to-11-000-pilots.aspx Enhanced manageability: Open and expanded Mobile Devic…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Here's another reason:   Quote: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2050338/delta-doubles-down-on-microsoft-with-surface-2-tablets-for-pilots.html The Delta press release explains how some of the unique aspects of Windows 8.1 influenced the decision t…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Quote: Originally Posted by canardmince      You couldn't be more wrong. RT, even with the new Workplace Join bit they're adding for Surface 2, cannot be managed directly via Active Directory. Your choices are leading MDM providers such as MobileI…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta  It's also easy to properly manage devices for thousands of iPads. Please learn something about topics before blabbing. As for pilots not caring, that would be rather odd. The iPad is overwhelmingly pref…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Quote: Originally Posted by mytdave      There are real advantages to using iPads - platform maturity, quality, reliability, touch response (whereas 'surface' rates poorly), etc.   Proper device management?  Oh, you mean all the stuff you can do t…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton      But that's exactly what everyone said was so great about Windows during the 90s: commodity hardware! Cheap parts! Vendor drivers! Now it's all about the advantages of Apple-style vertical integratio…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013
• "We fought hard for iPad," a pilot working for the airline told AppleInsider. Its possible *this* pilot felt strongly about using iPads instead of Surfaces but I doubt most pilots even care. If it works whats the issue? If the IT folks decide its a…

  in Delta Pilots fought against deal to replace iPad flight bags with Microsoft Surface Comment by dajunga October 2013